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?


p. 17e - Culture and Value (1980)

Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...