Quote Author: Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘A serious and good philosoph…

‘A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.’

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘Death is not an event in lif…

‘Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.’

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘Logic takes care of itself; …

‘Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.’

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘The mystical is not how the …

‘The mystical is not how the world is but that it is.’

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘We feel that even if all pos…

‘We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered the problems of life have still not been touched at all. Of course there is then no question left and just this is the answer. The solution of the … Continue reading

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘The human body is the best p…

‘The human body is the best picture of the human soul.’

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘The riddle does not exist. I…

‘The riddle does not exist. If a question can be put at all then it can also be answered.’

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘Philosophy is a battle again…

‘Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.’

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘You must always be puzzled b…

‘You must always be puzzled by mental illness. The thing I would dread most if I became mentally ill would be your adopting a common sense attitude; that you could take it for granted that I was deluded.’

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein – ‘Not only is there no guarant…

‘Not only is there no guarantee of the temporal immortality of the human soul that is to say of its eternal survival after death; but in any case this assumption completely fails to accomplish the purpose for which it has … Continue reading

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