Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations. Philosophy does not result in 'philosophical propositions', but rather in the clarification of propositions. Without philosophy thoughts are, as it were, cloudy and indistinct: its task is to make them clear and to give them sharp boundaries."

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Source: Ludwig Wittgenstein (1961). “Tractatus Logico-philosophicus: The German Text of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung”, p.57, Linkgua digital

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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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