Ludwig Wittgenstein Biography

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher
Born asLudwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein
Occup.Philosopher
FromAustria
BornApril 26, 1889
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
DiedApril 29, 1951
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
CauseProstate cancer
Aged62 years
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was born upon April 26, 1889, in Vienna, Austria, right into among Europe's most affluent households. He was the youngest amongst his 8 siblings, birthed to a steel mogul, Karl Wittgenstein, and also his other half, Leopoldine. Ludwig became part of an extremely cultured house, where the household often had popular guests, such as the popular author Johannes Brahms and also the popular artist Gustav Klimt. Ludwig developed an early rate of interest in approach with conversations with his brother Paul, a talented pianist who later on lost an arm in World War I.

Wittgenstein studied design at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin from 1906 to 1908. He later on went to the College of Manchester in England, where he worked with designing an aircraft engine. It was throughout this period that he became captivated by the ideology of maths, particularly motivated by the works of Gottlob Frege as well as Bertrand Russell. In 1911, Wittgenstein determined to check out Frege, that recommended he go to Trinity University, Cambridge, to study under Russell.

Reaching Cambridge in 1912, the young Wittgenstein swiftly captivated Russell with his radiance and also strength. The close intellectual partnership in between both thinkers later transformed right into a troubled friendship, as Russell found his very own thoughtful insights being upstaged by his protégé. By the time World War I burst out, Wittgenstein was already investigating the foundations of logic, a topic that would come to specify his very early thoughtful job.

Wittgenstein enlisted in the Austrian army during the war, offering largely on the Eastern as well as Italian fronts. He was taken as a detainee of war by the Italians in 1918. Throughout the battle, he remained to service his thoughtful concepts as well as finished much of his influential work, "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" (1921), which came to be a keystone of analytic approach.

The "Tractatus" looked for to develop the restrictions of what can be meaningfully stated as well as discovered the partnership between language, assumed, and truth. Wittgenstein's concepts heavily affected the Vienna Circle, a group of philosophers and also scientists that advocated for logical positivism. Nevertheless, Wittgenstein primarily distanced himself from this team, especially from Moritz Schlick that was its intellectual leader.

After the battle, Wittgenstein went back to Austria, handing out his share of the household lot of money and also eventually coming to be a key school teacher in remote Austrian villages. During this period, he lived a simple life as well as developed a passion in architecture, designing a house for his sibling, Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein.

In 1929, Wittgenstein made a surprising go back to academic approach at Cambridge. It was throughout this 2nd duration at Cambridge that he met and worked with Frank P. Ramsey, Alan Turing, and G. E. Moore. Wittgenstein started creating a new philosophical stance, which examined and tested his earlier job. He discovered exactly how common language shapes our understanding of the globe and also proposed the idea of language-games, as described in his posthumously released job, "Thoughtful Examinations" (1953).

In 1947, Wittgenstein left Cambridge as well as moved to Ireland to concentrate on his writing. He invested the final years of his life in Dublin, writing on different topics such as visual appeals, ethics, religious beliefs, and also math. Ludwig Wittgenstein died on April 29, 1951, as a result of prostate cancer.

Throughout his life, Wittgenstein substantially influenced the area of ideology and motivated generations of thinkers, with his ground-breaking works playing a critical function in shaping the program of 20th-century idea.

Our collection contains 48 quotes who is written / told by Ludwig, under the main topic Fitness.

Related authors: Bertrand Russell (Philosopher), Philo (Philosopher), Alan Turing (Mathematician), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Gustav Klimt (Artist)

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48 Famous quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Small: The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown lan
"The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language"
Small: I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horses good nature that I am not t
"I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment"
Small: One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word I.
"One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.'"
Small: There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap
"There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap"
Small: The world is the totality of facts, not of things
"The world is the totality of facts, not of things"
Small: The world is independent of my will
"The world is independent of my will"
Small: The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gi
"The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question"
Small: The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood
"The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood"
Small: The limits of my language means the limits of my world
"The limits of my language means the limits of my world"
Small: The human body is the best picture of the human soul
"The human body is the best picture of the human soul"
Small: The face is the soul of the body
"The face is the soul of the body"
Small: I dont know why we are here, but Im pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves
"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves"
Small: Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stampe
"Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important"
Small: For a truly religious man nothing is tragic
"For a truly religious man nothing is tragic"
Small: Dont get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the wh
"Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one"
Small: Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infi
"Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present"
Small: An inner process stands in need of outward criteria
"An inner process stands in need of outward criteria"
Small: A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes
"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes"
Small: A picture is a fact
"A picture is a fact"
Small: A philosophical problem has the form: I dont know my way about
"A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about"
Small: A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring
"A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring"
Small: A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion
"A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion"
Small: A mans thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical s
"A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view"
Small: A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door thats unlocked and opens inwards as long as it does not
"A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push"
Small: A confession has to be part of your new life
"A confession has to be part of your new life"
Small: Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie
"Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie"
Small: Not every religion has to have St. Augustines attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are ce
"Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony"
Small: Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness
"Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness"
Small: Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again
"Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again"
Small: Logic takes care of itself all we have to do is to look and see how it does it
"Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it"
Small: Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic
"Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic"
Small: Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental
"Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental"
Small: Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of t
"Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language"
Small: Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it
"Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it"
Small: Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement
"Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement"
Small: It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed Wisdom. And then I know exactly w
"It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed "Wisdom." And then I know exactly what is going to follow: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.""
Small: It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are
"It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played"
Small: It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not conc
"It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him"
Small: It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will
"It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise"
Small: If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done
"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done"
Small: If a lion could talk, we could not understand him
"If a lion could talk, we could not understand him"
Small: When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of
"When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of"
Small: Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and d
"Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep"
Small: What can be shown, cannot be said
"What can be shown, cannot be said"
Small: Our greatest stupidities may be very wise
"Our greatest stupidities may be very wise"
Small: Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself
"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself"
Small: Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent
"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent"
Small: Nowadays it is the fashion to emphasize the horrors of the last war. I didnt find it so horrible.
"Nowadays it is the fashion to emphasize the horrors of the last war. I didn't find it so horrible. There are just as horrible things happening all round us today, if only we had eyes to see them"