Ludwig Wittgenstein

""It is necessary to be given the prop that all elementary props are given." This is not necessary because it is even impossible. There is no such prop! That all elementary props are given is SHOWN by there being none having an elementary sense which is not given."

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Source: Ludwig Wittgenstein : The Duty of Genius. Book by Ray Monk, 1990.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosopher

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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