My German engineer, I think is a fool. He thinks nothing empirical is Knowable—I asked him to admit that there was not a rhinoceros in the room, but he wouldn't.
Of Wittgenstein
letter to Lady Ottoline Morrell, November 1911
My German engineer, I think is a fool. He thinks nothing empirical is Knowable—I asked him to admit that there was not a rhinoceros in the room, but he wouldn't.
letter to Lady Ottoline Morrell, November 1911