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Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Why Theory

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Exploring the Limits of Language and Reality

The speaker discusses the influence of a particular writer and shares admiration for a couple of his quotes. They highlight the writer's belief in the connection between thinking and self-harm, as well as the writer's expressed disdain for the university atmosphere. The speaker then explains the writer's project of using logic to mirror reality and expose the limits of language, believing that the things we can't talk about reveal the constraints of our world.

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