Ludwig Wittgenstein

"One cannot guess how a word functions. One has to look at its use and learn from that. But the difficulty is to remove the prejudice which stands in the way of doing this. It is not a stupid prejudice."

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Source: Ludwig Wittgenstein (2010). “Philosophical Investigations”, p.255, John Wiley & Sons

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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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