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Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes on Truth

Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher whose work transformed 20th-century analytic philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Ludwig Wittgenstein on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • “The world is everything that is the case.”

    Original German: Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist .
  • “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”

    Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
  • “What can be said at all can be said clearly, and whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be silent.”

    Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
  • “One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.”

    Journal entry (11 October 1914), p. 10e