Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951) was an Austrian philosopher, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

It is a hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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

Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The world is independent of my will.
Ludwig Wittgenstein