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Ludwig Wittgenstein quotes on limits

3 verified English passages where Ludwig Wittgenstein’ s thought meets questions of limits.

Ludwig Wittgenstein on limits

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) approaches limits within analytic philosophy. The Tractatus connects meaningful propositions to logical form; later work explains meaning through language-games and forms of life. Systematically, the teaching links language, logic, mind, meaning into a practical and theoretical whole. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets limits most directly—useful for searches such as “ludwig wittgenstein quotes on limits.”

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  1. Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
    Q0084
    Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 7
  2. The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
    Q0125
    Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 5.6
  3. My propositions serve as elucidations in this way: anyone who understands me eventually recognizes them as nonsensical.