Certainty is as it were a tone of voice in which one declar… - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Certainty is as it were a tone of voice in which one declares how things are, but one does not infer from the tone of voice that one is justified.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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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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Certainty is as it were a tone of voice in which one declares how things are, but one does not infer from the tone of voice that one is justified. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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