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Ludwig Wittgenstein

1889–1951 · 20th-century (Austrian-British)

The philosopher who twice remade how we think about language and meaning.

Primary Source

Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Original (German)

“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 7 (1921)

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Major Works

• Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
• Philosophical Investigations

Key Concepts

• Meaning as use
• Language games
• Forms of life
• The limits of language
• Private language argument

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