The “experience” which we need to understand logic is not that such and such is the case, but that something is; but that is no experience. Logic pre… - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The “experience” which we need to understand logic is not that such and such is the case, but that something is; but that is no experience. Logic precedes every experience — that something is so. It is before the How, not before the What.

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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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