2nd Edition

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

By Ludwig Wittgenstein Copyright 2001
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus was the only philosophical work that Ludwig Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Written in short, carefully numbered paragraphs of extreme brilliance, it captured the imagination of a generation of philosophers. For Wittgenstein, logic was something we use to conquer a reality... Read more
Chapter 1 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Preface; Chapter 2;

Biography

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951) is regarded by many as the most outstanding philosopher of the twentieth century.

'Beautifully strange ... an icy, gnomic, compact work of mystical logic.' - Steven Poole, The Guardian