Ludwig Wittgenstein idézet

„A halál nem az élet eseménye.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

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„A világ mindaz, aminek esete fennáll.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

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„Ha egy oroszlán beszélni tudna, mi nem lennénk képesek őt megérteni.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

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„Amíg az etika abból a vágyból keletkezik, hogy az élet végsõ értelmérõl, az abszolút jóról vagy az abszolút értékesrõl mondjon valamit, addig nem lehet tudomány. Azzal amit mond, tudásunk semmilyen értelemben nem gyarapodik.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

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„A nyelvem határai a világom határai.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

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„Mondja meg nekik, hogy csodálatos életem volt!“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

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„I cannot get from the nature of the proposition to the individual logical operations!!!“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

Journal entries (12 March 1915 and 15 March 1915) p. 41e
1910s, Notebooks 1914-1916
Kontextus: I cannot get from the nature of the proposition to the individual logical operations!!!
That is, I cannot bring out how far the proposition is the picture of the situation. I am almost inclined to give up all my efforts.

„Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

Forrás: Culture and Value (1980), p. 39e

„The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

„If in life we are surrounded by death, then in the health of our intellect we are surrounded by madness.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

„Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

Variant translation: Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations. The result of philosophy is not a number of "philosophical propositions." but to make propositions clear.
Original German: Der Zweck der Philosophie ist die logische Klärung der Gedanken. Die Philosophie ist keine Lehre, sondern eine Tätigkeit. Ein philosophisches Werk besteht wesentlich aus Erläuterungen. Das Resultat der Philosophie sind nicht „philosophische Sätze“, sondern das Klarwerden von Sätzen. Die Philosophie soll die Gedanken, die sonst, gleichsam, trübe und verschwommen sind, klar machen und scharf abgrenzen.
1920s, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)
Kontextus: Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations. Philosophy does not result in 'philosophical propositions', but rather in the clarification of propositions. Without philosophy thoughts are, as it were, cloudy and indistinct: its task is to make them clear and to give them sharp boundaries. (4.112)

„Not how the world is, but that it is, is the mystery.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

Variant translation: The mystical is not how the world is, but that it is.
Original German: Nicht wie die Welt ist, ist das Mystische, sondern dass sie ist.
1920s, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)
Változat: The mystical is not how the world is, but that it is.
Kontextus: It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists. (6.44)

„Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

Forrás: Culture and Value (1980), p. 39e

„I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

As quoted in The Beginning of the End (2004) by Peter Hershey, p. 109
Also, as quoted in "The Relentless Rise of Science as Fun", by Jeremy Burgess, in New Scientist, Volume 143, Issues 1932-1945, originally published 1994.
Attributed from posthumous publications

„My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed. I wish to God that I were more intelligent and everything would finally become clear to me - or else that I needn’t live much longer.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

Forrás: Letters to Russell, Keynes and Moore

„Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

Forrás: Culture and Value (1980), p. 76e

„Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

Forrás: Culture and Value (1980), p. 56e

„A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

As quoted in "A View from the Asylum" in Philosophical Investigations from the Sanctity of the Press (2004), by Henry Dribble, p. 87
Attributed from posthumous publications

„The world is my world: this is manifest in the fact that the limits of language (of that language which alone I understand) mean the limits of my world.“

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein

1920s, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)
Kontextus: This remark provides the key to the problem, how much truth there is in solipsism. For what the solipsist means is quite correct; only it cannot be said, but makes itself manifest. The world is my world: this is manifest in the fact that the limits of language (of that language which alone I understand) mean the limits of my world. (5.62)