Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Every sign by itself seems dead. What gives it life?--In use it is alive. Is life breathed into it there?--Or is the use its life?"

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Source: Ludwig Wittgenstein (1973). “Philosophical investigations”

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Ludwig Wittgenstein was a 20th-century philosopher known for his work on language, logic, and the philosophy of mind, particularly in 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'.

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