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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Chiron Academic Press - The Original Authoritative Edition)
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As a young man, Wittgenstein himself started out by trying to define everything that could logically be stated—about everything else, he famously said, we should remain silent. But by the end of his life he came to conclude that there was no place to stand outside of our life, outside our language, outside our ordinary certainty about the existence
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Wittgenstein argued that we could not completely describe reality or fully grasp reality through our language. He suggested that we should only think about things for as long as it takes to understand them. This led to a movement in philosophy known as “logical positivism”, which stressed the importance of clarity and precision in thought.
Thomas Oppong • Ludwig Wittgenstein on Thinking Clearly
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.”
— Ludwig Wittgenstein (April 26, 1889–April 29, 1951) an Austrian-born philosopher who spent most of his life in England, including teaching at Cambridge.
It’s surprising that Wittgenstein’s philosophy isn’t more well known outside of specialized circles, as it holds a very practical life lesson: we should accept going step by step, clarifying our language as we move forward, and being regularly surprised. It’s an effective antidote for paranoia.
David Bessis • Mathematica
