Ludwig Wittgenstein on Family
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Ludwig Wittgenstein, catalogued under family, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Ludwig Wittgenstein, entry #199138: "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?"
Attributed to Ludwig Wittgenstein, entry #128864: "Philosophers often behave like little children who scribble some marks on a piece of paper at random and then ask the grown-up "What's that?" — It happened like this: the grown-up…"
2 Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein on Family
"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?"
"Philosophers often behave like little children who scribble some marks on a piece of paper at random and then ask the grown-up "What's that?" — It happened like this: the grown-up had drawn pictures for the child several times and said "this is a man," "this is a house," etc. And then the child makes some marks too and asks: what's this then?"