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Full Idea
What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
Gist of Idea
What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 7)
Book Ref
Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Pears)', ed/tr. Pears,D. /McGuinness,B. [RKP 1961], p.74
A Reaction
This is either a boring truism, or points towards some sort of verificationism (where we can speak meaninglessly). Compare Ideas 7973 and 6870.
Related Ideas
Idea 7973 There is no longer anything on which there is nothing to say [Baudrillard]
Idea 6870 I say (contrary to Wittgenstein) that philosophy expresses what we thought we must be silent about [Ansell Pearson on Wittgenstein]