What is your aim in philosophy?-To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
What is your aim in philosophy?-To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.
In the original German
Wast ist dein Ziel in der Philosophie? Der Fliege den Ausweg aus dem Fliegenglas zeigen.
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.