"Hell isn't other people. Hell is yourself." (Wittgenstein commenting on Sartre's "Hell is other people." - Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Hell isn't other people. Hell is yourself."

(Wittgenstein commenting on Sartre's "Hell is other people."

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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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Hell isn't other people. Hell is yourself.
solipsism hell
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Originators like Ludwig Wittgenstein:
Alfred North Whitehead Umberto Eco William James Albert Einstein Immanuel Kant

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I have extremely little courage myself, much less than you; but I have found that whenever, after a long struggle, I have screwed my courage up to do something I always felt much freer & happy after it.
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