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Single Idea 4159

[from 'Philosophical Investigations' by Ludwig Wittgenstein, in 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul ]

Full Idea

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

Gist of Idea

The human body is the best picture of the human soul

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], II.iv)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Philosophical Investigations', ed/tr. Anscombe,E. [Blackwell 1972], p.178


A Reaction

Nice. How did we imagine the soul before reading that remark? My soul requires fingernails and eyelids in order to fulfil its essential nature.