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Biography - Ludwig Wittgenstein:

Austrian-British philosopher.
Born: 1889 - Died: 1951
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Austria
Austria

The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.


Note 

Note



Tractatus Logico-philosophicus - 6.43


Source: Tractatus Logico-philosophicus

Wikisource - Wittengenstein - Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 1922 (de) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le monde de l'homme heureux est un autre monde que celui de l'homme malheureux.

German
Die Welt des Glücklichen ist eine andere als die des Unglücklichen.




See also 

See also...



Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less upon their dispositions than their fortunes.

I dare to believe that inner joy has some secret power to win the favour of fortune.

Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.

Each one sees what he carries in his heart.

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts.

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.

The solution to the problem, which you see in life, lies in living in a way that makes the problems disappear.




Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.











Quotes for: world


Quotes

Quotes about the world:


To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.






The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





Let us read and let us dance—these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.





How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.





We admire the world through what we love.











Quotes

Ludwig Wittgenstein also said...


Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.





What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.





The meaning of a word is its use in the language.





Ethics and aesthetics are one and the same.





Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity.





Thoughts at peace. That is the goal someone who philosophizes longs for.












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