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What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

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The quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein highlights the purpose of philosophy, which is to guide individuals in finding freedom and escaping the confinements of their minds, using the metaphor of guiding a trapped fly out of a bottle.
Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher, Austrian / British
Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher known for his work in logic, mathematics, and philosophy of language.
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