Ramana Maharshi vs. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers

Ramana Maharshi

Ramana Maharshi

1879 – 1950

Philosophy
Dominion of India
Neo-Vedanta

Ramana Maharshi was an Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta. He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.

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"Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you have to do is to give up being aware of other things, that is of the not-Self. …"

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

1845 – 1925

Philosophy
Austria
analytic philosophy

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austro-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.

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"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves."

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Connections

Ludwig Wittgenstein was influenced by Ramana Maharshi
Shared era: 1879 – 1925