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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (April 26, 1889 April 29, 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to modern philosophy, primarily on the foundations of logic, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present."

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"A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring."

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"Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language."

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"The human body is the best picture of the human soul."

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"Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important."

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"No one likes having offended another person; hence everyone feels so much better if the other person doesn't show he's been offended. Nobody likes being confronted by a wounded spaniel. Remember that. It is much easier patiently -- and tolerantly -- to avoid the person you have injured than to approach him as a friend. You need courage for that."

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"You must always be puzzled by mental illness. The thing I would dread most, if I became mentally ill, would be your adopting a common sense attitude; that you could take it for granted that I was deluded."

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

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"Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement."

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"Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it."

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