The whole sense of the book might be summed up the followin… - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The whole sense of the book might be summed up the following words: what can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.

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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That of which we cannot speak, we must pass over in silence

What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.

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