“ For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist. If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered. ”
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921). copy citation
| Author | Ludwig Wittgenstein |
|---|---|
| Source | Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus |
| Topic | question answer expression |
| Date | 1921 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by C. K. Ogden |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5740/5740-pdf.pdf |
Context
“6.45 OGD [→GER | →P/M] The contemplation of the world sub specie aeterni is its contemplation as a limited whole.
The feeling that the world is a limited whole is the mystical feeling.
6.5 OGD [→GER | →P/M] For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed.
The riddle does not exist.
If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered.
6.51 OGD [→GER | →P/M] Scepticism is not irrefutable, but palpably senseless, if it would doubt where a question cannot be asked.” source
The feeling that the world is a limited whole is the mystical feeling.
6.5 OGD [→GER | →P/M] For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed.
The riddle does not exist.
If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered.
6.51 OGD [→GER | →P/M] Scepticism is not irrefutable, but palpably senseless, if it would doubt where a question cannot be asked.” source
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