- Wittgenstein refuses to be empirical:Bertie: Why won't you just admit there's no rhinoceros in this room?Wittgenstein: Because, Professor Russell, the world is made up of facts, not things.Bertie: Look for yourself. I tell you for a fact, there is no rhinoceros in this room!Wittgenstein: The issue is metaphysical, not empirical.Bertie: [exasperated] I thought the next big step in philosophy would be yours. Now I am not so sure.
[They leave. After a moment, Young Wittgenstein crawls slowly out from under the table, wearing a ridiculous homemade rhinoceros mask.] - Comically Missing the Point: Ottoline spends most of her onscreen time doing this.Wittgenstein: Why is there anything at all rather than just nothing?Ottoline: Well, how the bloody blue blazes should I know? I'm the woman. You are the philosopher.Wittgenstein: The most important part of my philosophy hasn't been written. I can't write it. It can never be written.Ottoline: Oh bunkum! A full English breakfast and a spot of application.
- "That means I've spent most of my life gwoping down a blind elleh!"note
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/Wittgenstein
FollowingFunny / Wittgenstein
Go To