Ludwig Wittgenstein

Quotes

• “Our language can be seen as an ancient city: a maze of little streets and squares, of old and new houses, and of houses with additions from various periods; and this surrounded by a multitude of new boroughs with straight regular streets and uniform houses.”

• “Philosophical problems can be compared to locks on safes, which can be opened by dialing a certain word or number, so that no force can open the door until just this word has been hit upon, and once it is hit upon any child can open it.”

• “Philosophers are often like little children, who first scribble random lines on a piece of paper with their pencils, and now ask an adult “What is that?””

• “Don’t say: “They must have something in common, or they would not be called ‘games’” but look and see whether there is anything common to all. For if you look at them, you won’t see something that is common to all, but similarities, affinities, and a whole series of them at that. To repeat: don’t think, but look!”

• “The difficulty in philosophy is to say no more than we know.”

Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein in order

Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein in the order they were published, from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) to Major Works (2008).

1. 1Tractatus Logico-PhilosophicusTractatus Logico-Philosophicus1921
2. 2Blue & Brown BooksBlue & Brown Books1942
3. 3Philosophical InvestigationsPhilosophical Investigations1953
4. 4Major WorksMajor Works2008
5. 5Collected Works of Ludwig WittgensteinCollected Works of Ludwig Wittgenstein
6. 6Culture and ValueCulture and Value
7. 7Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and RelLectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief
8. 8Letters from Ludwig Wittgenstein with A MemoirLetters from Ludwig Wittgenstein with A Memoir
9. 9Letters to Russell, Keynes, and MooreLetters to Russell, Keynes, and Moore
10. 10Notebooks, 1914-1916Notebooks, 1914-1916
11. 11On CertaintyOn Certainty
12. 12Philosophical RemarksPhilosophical Remarks
13. 13Philosophische GrammatikPhilosophische Grammatik
14. 14Preliminary Studies for the "Philosophical Investigations"Preliminary Studies for the "Philosophical Investigations"
15. 15Remarks on ColourRemarks on Colour
16. 16Remarks on the Foundations of MathematicsRemarks on the Foundations of Mathematics
17. 17Remarks on the Philosophy of PsychologyRemarks on the Philosophy of Psychology
18. 18Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology, Volume 1Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology, Volume 1
19. 19Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology, Volume 2Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology, Volume 2
20. 20WittgensteinWittgenstein
21. 21Wittgenstein's Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics, CWittgenstein's Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics, Cambridge, 1939
22. 22Wittgenstein's Lectures, Cambridge, 1930-1932Wittgenstein's Lectures, Cambridge, 1930-1932
23. 23Wittgenstein's Lectures, Cambridge, 1932-1935Wittgenstein's Lectures, Cambridge, 1932-1935
24. 24ZettelZettel