Language Wittgenstein

Famous quotes containing the words language and/or wittgenstein:

    He had not failed to observe how harmoniously gigantic language and a microscopic topic go together.
    Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)