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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Born

in Wien (Vienna), Austria

April 26, 1889

Died

April 29, 1951

Website

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein/

Genre

Philosophy, Science, Social Sciences

Influences

Bertrand Russell, Leo Tolstoy, Gottlob Frege, Arthur Schopenhauer, Fyo ...more

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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.

Described by Bertrand Russell as "the most perfect example I have ever known of genius as traditionally conceived, passionate, profound, intense, and dominating", he helped inspire two of the twentieth century's principal philosophical movements: the Vienna Circle and Oxford ordinary language philosophy. According to an end of the century poll, professional philosophers in Canada and the U.S. rank both his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations among the top five most important books in twentieth-centu ...more

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	Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 4.06 avg rating — 13,825 ratings — published 1921 — 223 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein, G.E.M. Anscombe (Translator) 4.23 avg rating — 11,165 ratings — published 1953 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Certainty by Ludwig Wittgenstein, G.E.M. Anscombe (translator) , Denis Paul (translator) 4.15 avg rating — 3,784 ratings — published 1969 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue and Brown Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Rush Rhees (preface) 4.14 avg rating — 1,944 ratings — published 1921 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Culture and Value by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Georg Henrik von Wright (Editor) , Peter Winch (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 1,315 ratings — published 1977 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remarks on Colour by Ludwig Wittgenstein, G.E.M. Anscombe (Editor) , Linda L. McAlister (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1977 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Major Works: Selected Philosophical Writings by Ludwig Wittgenstein, C.K. Ogden (Translator) , Denis Paul (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Cyril Barrett (editor) 3.88 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1966 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zettel by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Georg Henrik von Wright (editor) , G.E.M. Anscombe (translator/editor) 4.18 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1967 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notebooks 1914-1916 by Ludwig Wittgenstein, G.E.M. Anscombe (Editor) , Georg Henrik von Wright (Editor) 3.97 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein

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“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein

tags: language, perception, power-of-words

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“I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein

tags: life, philosophy

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