Philosophy may in no way interfere with the actual use of language; it can in the end… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy may in no way interfere with the actual use of language; it can in the end only describe it... It leaves everything as it is.
In the original German
Die Philosophie darf den tatsächlichen Gebrauch der Sprache in keiner Weise antasten, sie kann ihn am Ende also nur beschreiben...Sie läßt alles wie es ist.
Philosophical Investigations · 1953
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophical Investigations, translated by G. E. M. Anscombe, et. al., edited by P. M. S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte. Wiley Blackwell, 2009, pt. 1.
Original citation
Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophische Untersuchungen [Philosophical Investigations]. Suhrkamp, 1953, pt. 1.