He who lives in the present lives in eternity. Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes From Ludwig Wittgenstein The so-called law of induction cannot possibly be a law of logic, since it is obviously a proposition with a sense.--Nor, therefore, can it be an a priori law. Ludwig Wittgenstein propositions logic law Only when one thinks even much more madly than the philosophers can one solve their problems. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosopher problem thinking Our greatest stupidities may be very wise. Ludwig Wittgenstein stupidity wise silly The world divides into facts. Ludwig Wittgenstein divides facts world The form is the possibility of the structure. Ludwig Wittgenstein possibility structure form A proposition is completely logically analyzed if its grammar is made completely clear: no matter what idiom it may be written or expressed in. Ludwig Wittgenstein matter made may The world is made up of facts, not things. Ludwig Wittgenstein made facts world What is left over if I subtract the fact that my arms goes up from the fact that I raise my arm? Ludwig Wittgenstein psychology arms facts You might say that certain words are only pegs to hang intonations on. Ludwig Wittgenstein peg certain might "It is necessary to be given the prop that all elementary props are given." This is not necessary because it is even impossible. There is no such prop! That all elementary props are given is SHOWN by there being none having an elementary sense which is not given. Ludwig Wittgenstein props given impossible We must do away with all explanation, and description alone must take its place. Ludwig Wittgenstein description explanation This sort of thing has got to be stopped. Bad philosophers are like slum landlords. It's my job to put them out of business. Ludwig Wittgenstein landlord philosopher jobs Dark' and 'blackish' are not the same concept. Ludwig Wittgenstein concepts dark Philosophy limits the thinkable and therefore the unthinkable. Ludwig Wittgenstein unthinkable limits philosophy Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important. Ludwig Wittgenstein humor mean people White must be the lightest color in a picture. Ludwig Wittgenstein color white One must always be prepared to learn something totally new. Ludwig Wittgenstein be-prepared prepared Imagine someone pointing to a place in the iris of a Rembrandt eye and saying, 'The walls of my room should be painted this color. Ludwig Wittgenstein wall color eye The feeling of an unbridgeable gulf between consciousness and brain-process:When does this feeling occur in the present case?It is when I (for example) turn my attention in a particular way on to my own consciousness, and, astonished, say to myself: THIS is supposed to be produced by a process in the brain!--as it were clutching my forehead. Ludwig Wittgenstein self brain feelings What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use. Ludwig Wittgenstein metaphysical everyday use
