My propositions are elucidatory in this way: he who understands me finally recognizes them as senseless, when he has climbed out through them, on the… - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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My propositions are elucidatory in this way: he who understands me finally recognizes them as senseless, when he has climbed out through them, on them, over them. (He must so to speak throw away the ladder, after he has climbed up on it.) (6.54)

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About Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-born philosopher who spent much of his life in England.

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Native Name: Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein
Alternative Names: Ludwig Joseph Johann Wittgenstein • Wittgenstein
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If in life we are surrounded by death, then in the health of our intellect we are surrounded by madness.
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