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Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher who is considered one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century.
* He was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1889 and died in Cambridge, England, in 1951.
* Wittgenstein studied mathematics and philosophy at the University of Manchester and the University of Cambridge.
* He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I.
* After the war, he returned to Cambridge and began teaching philosophy.
* He published his first book, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, in 1922.
* In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein argued that the limits of my world are the limits of my language.
* He later rejected the views expressed in the Tractatus and developed a new approach to philosophy, which he called "late Wittgenstein."
* Wittgenstein's work has had a profound influence on many areas of philosophy, including the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics, and the philosophy of mind.

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

Ludwig Wittgenstein

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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