“Translated: Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein , book Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
Also: About what one can not speak, one must remain silent. (7)
Source: 1920s, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)

Original

Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.

Satz 7
Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung (Tractatus logico-philosophicus)
Variant: Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
Source: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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