Ludwig Wittgenstein

This volume is a tribute to Ludwig Wittgenstein. Michael Nedo, who knows his writings and life like few others, presents Wittgenstein through photographs, facsimiles, letters from and about him, quotes from his works, and accounts from his family and friends. An album that reveals the complex connections between Wittgenstein's life and work and his intellectual and personal environment. Ludwig Wittgenstein remains one of the most influential philosophers in the world today. His first work was published in 1922 in London under the title Tractatus logico-philosophicus and established analytical philosophy. His Philosophical Investigations, published posthumously in 1953, became the foundational text of language-analytic philosophy and initiated a paradigm shift: "One could say that the consideration must be turned around, but to meet our actual need as...