Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Ludwig Wittgenstein author Brian McGuiness translator David Pears translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:18th May '01

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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 which is in itself both elusive and unobtainable. He famously summarized the book in the following words: 'What can be said at all can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.' David Pears and Brian McGuinness received the highest praise for their meticulous translation. The work is prefaced by Bertrand Russell's original introduction to the first English edition.

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

ISBN: 9780415254083

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 160g

142 pages

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