A Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

A proposition is completely logically analyzed if its grammar is made completely clear: no matter what idiom it may be written or expressed in.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Clear Expressed Grammar Idiom Made Matter May No Matter What Proposition Written

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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian - Philosopher
April 26, 1889 - April 29, 1951

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