You always hear people say that philosophy makes no progress and that the same philosophical problems which were already preoccupying the Greeks are … - Ludwig Wittgenstein
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You always hear people say that philosophy makes no progress and that the same philosophical problems which were already preoccupying the Greeks are still troubling us today. But people who say that do not understand the reason why it has to be so. The reason is that our language has remained the same and always introduces us to the same questions. ... I read: "philosophers are no nearer to the meaning of 'Reality' than Plato got,...". What a strange situation. How extraordinary that Plato could have got even as far as he did! Or that we could not get any further! Was it because Plato was so extremely clever?
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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
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