Austrian Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was born #OTD in 1899.
In Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, he attempted to delineate the limits of language. The book is structured around a series of numbered propositions and sub-propositions, which build on each other to create a dense, almost mathematical argument. In Philosophical Investigations, he introduced the concept of how words take their meanings from their function in various forms of life and activities.
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