Ludwig Wittgenstein:
[performing a V-sign with his fingers]
What does this mean?
Lady Ottoline Morrell:
It's a gesture of contempt.
Ludwig Wittgenstein:
A cyclist did this to me as I was crossing the road. I decided then and there to kill myself.
Lady Ottoline Morrell:
Are you coming to the Palladium with us this evening?
Ludwig Wittgenstein:
What's the logical structure of this gesture? It doesn't have one! That means I've spent most of my life groping down a blind alley.
Bertrand Russell:
Isn't it rather an over-reaction to kill yourself because somebody gives you a V-sign?
Ludwig Wittgenstein:
Philosophy hunts for the essence of meaning. There's no such thing. There's no such thing! Just the way we do things in everyday life and things like that.
[performing V-sign]
Ludwig Wittgenstein:
The college porter knows that.
Lady Ottoline Morrell:
Is that what you're planning to do for the rest of your life?
Ludwig Wittgenstein:
I shall start by committing suicide.
Bertrand Russell:
Champagne before you go?
Ludwig Wittgenstein:
Um, do you know... I'd love a cup of tea.
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