OF ALL THE innovations that sprang from the trenches of the first world war—the zip, the tea bag, the tank—the “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus” must be among the most elegant and humane. When the ...

These journals offer a view of the philosopher’s preoccupations, his sexual anguish, his struggles with work and his time in the military. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently ...

Many people believe that Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) was the 20th century’s most important philosopher. It is somewhat ironic, then, that he is probably best known for waving a poker at fellow ...

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A BEARDED SWEDE in a three-piece suit stands at a lectern. Spotlit, Erik Bünger tells his listeners about an exchange between Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell in 1911. According to ...

The "Wittgenstein Monument" in Skjolden, Norway, erected near the philosopher's hut in 2018 by artists Sebastian Kjølaas, Marianne Bredesen, and Siri Hjorth. (via “§4.003 Most questions and ...

A century after its publication, the philosopher’s Tractatus remains as radical as ever. By Ray Monk In 1920, after failing five times to find a publisher for his newly finished book, Tractatus Logico ...