Ludwig Wittgenstein in: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, C. K. Ogden (2010) Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. p. 83
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Roughly speaking: to say of two things that they are identical is nonsense, and to say of one thing that it is identical with itself is to say nothing.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein on Logic
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About Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-born philosopher who spent much of his life in England.
About 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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