"What the names signify must be indestructible; for it must… - Ludwig Wittgenstein

"What the names signify must be indestructible; for it must be possible to receive a state of affairs in which everything destructible is destroyed. And this description will contain words; and what corresponds to these cannot be destroyed, for otherwise the words would have no meaning." I must not saw off the branch on which I am sitting.

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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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