Wittgenstein

Famous quotes containing the word wittgenstein:

    If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud.
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    A wheel that can be turned though nothing else moves with it, is not a part of the mechanism.
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)