Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian-born British philosopher
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Our language can be seen as an ancient city: a maze of little streets and squares, of old and new houses, and of houses with additions from various periods; and this surrounded by a multitude of new boroughs with straight regular streets and uniform houses.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born British philosopher, Philosophical Investigations, 1953
Posted on January 5, 2001 at 7:19 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born British philosopher, Philosophical Investigations, 1953
Posted on May 7, 1998 at 8:24 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Think of words as instruments characterized by their use, and then think of the use of a hammer, the use of a chisel, the use of a square, of a glue pot, and of the glue.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born British philosopher, The Blue Book, 1965
Posted on August 13, 1999 at 3:12 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born British philosopher, Zettel
Posted on September 23, 2003 at 8:10 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born British philosopher, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Posted on March 10, 2003 at 5:44 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Everyday language is a part of the human organism and is no less complicated than it.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born British philosopher, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Posted on October 25, 2001 at 5:27 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
For a large class of cases—though not for all—in which we employ the word "meaning" it can be defined thus: the meaning of a word is its use in the language.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, British philosopher, Philosophical Investigations
Posted on April 16, 2001 at 10:54 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born British philosopher, Culture and Value
Posted on February 7, 2002 at 2:12 PM
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