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Wittgenstein

noun
1.
British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951).  Synonyms: Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein.






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"Wittgenstein" Quotes from Famous Books



... know how Berlioz has managed to be cut off like this. He has neither friends nor followers; neither the warm sun of popularity nor the pleasant shade of friendship" (Liszt to the Princess of Wittgenstein, 16 May, 1861).] ...
— Musicians of To-Day • Romain Rolland

... of half-dead humanity became so dense, so deaf, so torpid,—or perhaps it should be said so happy—that Marshal Victor, their heroic defender against twenty thousand Russians under Wittgenstein, was actually compelled to cut his way by force through this forest of men, so as to cross the Beresina with the five thousand heroes whom he was leading to the Emperor. The miserable creatures preferred to be trampled and crushed to death rather than stir from their places, and died without ...
— Farewell • Honore de Balzac



Words linked to "Wittgenstein" :   philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein



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