Ludwig Wittgenstein's "language-game" closely parallel the warning that intellectual speculation or papañca is an impediment to understanding, as found in the Buddhist Parable of the Poison Arrow. Friedrich Nietzsche, although himself dismissive of Buddhism as yet another nihilism, had a similar impermanent view of the self. Heidegger's ideas on being and nothingness have been held by some to be similar to Buddhism today.
ludwig wittgenstein's "language-game" closely parallel the warning that intellectual speculation or papañca is an impediment to understanding as found in the buddhist parable of the poison arrow friedrich nietzsche although himself dismissive of buddhism as yet another nihilism had a similar impermanent view of the self heidegger's ideas on being and nothingness have been held by some to be similar to buddhism today