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Ch. 7 : Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough, p. 123

Every explanation is after all an hypothesis.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Every explanation is after all an hypothesis." in the context of "Ch. 7 : Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough, p. 123" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

About Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-born philosopher who spent much of his life in England.