For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist. If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered.

Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never...

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never...

The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their...

The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their...

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment...

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment...

Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see...

Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see...

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you...

It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is...

A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should...

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example...

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example...

Words were written out for me phonetically. I learned to quack in French, Spanish, Portuguese,...

Words were written out for me phonetically. I learned to quack in French, Spanish, Portuguese,...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.