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Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

“It is clear that the causal nexus is not a nexus at all.”

Book:Notebooks, 1914-1916

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Notebooks, 1914-1916

This book is a compilation of personal notes, reflections, and thoughts recorded during the period of 1914 to 1916. more

Author

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, renowned for his profound contributions to language, logic, and philosophical methods. His ideas have had a significant impact on the development of analytic philosophy and philosophy of language. more

“The aim of the book is to set a limit to thought, or rather - not to thought, but to the expression of thoughts: for in order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i.e. we should have to be able to think what cannot be thought). It will therefore only be in language that the limit can be set, and what lies on the other side of the limit will simply be nonsense.”

Thinking Should Book Able Lying Order Language Sides Expression Limits Should Have Aim Nonsense Both Sides Thinkable

Book:Wittgenstein's Tractatus

Source: Wittgenstein's Tractatus

“The difficulty in philosophy is to say no more than we know.”

Knows Philosophy Difficulty

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use.”

Use Everyday Metaphysical Everyday Use

Book:Philosophical Investigations

Source: Philosophical Investigations

“"Everything is already there in...." How does it come about that [an] arrow points? Doesn't it seem to carry in it something besides itself? - "No, not the dead line on paper; only the psychical thing, the meaning, can do that." - That is both true and false. The arrow points only in the application that a living being makes of it.”