A <i> picture </i> held us captive. And we could not get ou… - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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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.

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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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A <i> picture </i> 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. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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