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 More Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes From Ludwig Wittgenstein It is obvious that an imagined # world , however different it may be from the real one, must have something - a form - in common with it. Ludwig Wittgenstein different real world Not only is there no guarantee of the temporal immortality of the human soul, that is to say of its eternal survival after death; but, in any case, this assumption completely fails to accomplish the purpose for which it has always been intended. Or is some riddle solved by my surviving forever? Is not this eternal life itself as much of a riddle as our present life? Ludwig Wittgenstein soul forever life Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some progress? Isn't genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching itching? And can't this reaction to an irritation continue in the same way for a long time before a cure for the itching is discovered? Ludwig Wittgenstein irritation philosophy long Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us. Ludwig Wittgenstein fighting expression philosophy Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language. Ludwig Wittgenstein harmony language reality Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony. Ludwig Wittgenstein religious attitude sex What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about. Ludwig Wittgenstein Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out. Ludwig Wittgenstein realism idealism ifs I might say: if the place I want to get to could only be reached by way of a ladder, I would give up trying to get there. For the place I really have to get to is a place I must already be at now. Anything that I might reach by climbing a ladder does not interest me. Ludwig Wittgenstein climbing giving-up wisdom The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language. Ludwig Wittgenstein analysis tasks philosophy There are, indeed, things that cannot be put into words. They make themselves manifest. They are what is mystical. Ludwig Wittgenstein mystical manifest Man feels the urge to run up against the limits of language. Think for example of the astonishment that anything at all exists. This astonishment cannot be expressed in the form of a question, and there is also no answer whatsoever. Anything we might say is a priori bound to be nonsense. Nevertheless we do run up against the limits of language. Kierkegaard too saw that there is this running up against something, and he referred to it in a fairly similar way (as running up against paradox). This running up against the limits of language is ethics. Ludwig Wittgenstein running men thinking Philosophy can be said to consist of three activities: to see the commonsense answer, to get yourself so deeply into the problem that the common sense answer is unbearable, and to get from that situation back to the commonsense answer. Ludwig Wittgenstein common-sense three philosophy What is troubling us is the tendency to believe that the mind is like a little man within. Ludwig Wittgenstein spiritual men believe An entire mythology is stored within our language. Ludwig Wittgenstein mythology language In order to draw a limit to thinking, we should have to think both sides of this limit. Ludwig Wittgenstein should-have order thinking Belief in the causal nexus is superstition. Ludwig Wittgenstein nexus superstitions belief Don't ask what it means, but rather how it is used. Ludwig Wittgenstein learning used mean The totality of facts determines both what is the case, and also all that is not the case. Ludwig Wittgenstein cases determine facts The aspects of a thing that are most important to us are hidden to us because of their simplicity and familiarity. Ludwig Wittgenstein simplicity creativity important
