To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state… - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

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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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Frazer is much more savage than most of his savages, for they are not as far removed from the understanding of spiritual matter as a twentieth-century Englishman. His explanations of primitive practices are much cruder than the meaning of these practices themselves.

Original German: Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.

A picture held us captive. And we could not get outside it, for it lay in our language and language seemed to repeat it to us inexorably.

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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