Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental. Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes From Ludwig Wittgenstein The depressed man lives in a depressed world. Ludwig Wittgenstein cognitive-therapy men world The philosopher is not a citizen of any community of ideas, that is what makes him a philosopher. Ludwig Wittgenstein citizens community ideas Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophical language complicated An inner process stands in need of outward criteria. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophical process needs The Christian religion is only for one who needs infinite help, therefore only for one who feels an infinite need. The whole planet cannot be in greater anguish than a single soul. The Christian faith - as I view it - is the refuge in this ultimate anguish. To whom it is given in this anguish to open his heart, instead of contracting it, accepts the means of salvation in his heart. Ludwig Wittgenstein christian heart mean The aim of the book is to set a limit to thought, or rather - not to thought, but to the expression of thoughts: for in order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i.e. we should have to be able to think what cannot be thought). It will therefore only be in language that the limit can be set, and what lies on the other side of the limit will simply be nonsense. Ludwig Wittgenstein book lying thinking Language disguises the thought; so that from the external form of the clothes one cannot infer the form of the thought they clothe, because the external form of the clothes is constructed with quite another object than to let the form of the body be recognized. Ludwig Wittgenstein clothes language body It would strike me as ridiculous to want to doubt the existence of Napoleon; but if someone doubted the existence of the earth 150years ago, perhaps I should be more willing to listen, for now he is doubting our whole system of evidence. Ludwig Wittgenstein earth doubt history Believers who have formulated such proofs [for God's existence] ... would never have come to believe as a result of such proofs Ludwig Wittgenstein proof results believe Tell them I've had a wonderful life. Ludwig Wittgenstein wonderful-life last-words wonderful There is no criterion by which to recognize what is a color, except that it is one of our colors. Ludwig Wittgenstein criteria color Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be. Ludwig Wittgenstein sea may religion About what one can not speak, one must remain silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein can-not silent speak The world is everything that is the case. Ludwig Wittgenstein cases world The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. Ludwig Wittgenstein real philosophy peace A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosopher boxers philosophical You can't hear God speak to someone else, you can hear him only when you are being addressed. Ludwig Wittgenstein speak You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language. Ludwig Wittgenstein concepts pain language If anyone is unwilling to descend into himself, because this is too painful, he will remain superficial in his writing. . . If I perform to myself, then it’s this that the style expresses. And then the style cannot be my own. If you are unwilling to know what you are, your writing is a form of deceit. Ludwig Wittgenstein deceit style writing Could one imagine a stone's having consciousness? And if anyone can do so-why should that not merely prove that such image-mongery is of no interest to us? Ludwig Wittgenstein stones mind knowledge
