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The world is my world: this is shown by the fact that the limits of language stand for the limits of my world…I am my world.

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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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The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

I am my world.

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

The limits of my language means the limit of my world

The limits of my language are the limits of my world.

The limits of my language are the limits of my universe

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. (5.6)

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If I have exhausted the justifications, I have reached bedrock and my spade is turned. Then I am inclined to say: 'This is simply what I do.

It is true: Man is the microcosm: I am my world.

People are religious to the extent that they believe themselves to be not so much imperfect, as ill.
Any man who is half-way decent will think himself extremely imperfect,
but a religious man thinks himself wretched.

The world is my world: this is shown by the fact that the limits of language stand for the limits of my world…I am my world. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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