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Duffy enlarges the grandeur of an already gargantuan 20th century figure & presence in Ludwig Wittgenstein, rounding out the jagged edges, as it were, associated with this elusive and eccentric thinker's work. Readers encounter the fleshy and liver-spotted Wittgenstein, whose life and morals never seeped into his work, but whose haunting tenacity and acuity forced him to become the greatest of philosophers.

Duffy enlarges the grandeur of an already gargantuan 20th century figure & presence in Ludwig Wittgenstein, rounding out the jagged edges, as it were, associated with this elusive and eccentric thinker's work. Readers encounter the fleshy and liver-spotted Wittgenstein, whose life and morals never seeped into his work, but whose haunting tenacity and acuity, forced him to become the greatest of philosophers.

Duffy enlarges the grandeur of an already gargantuan 20th century figure and presence in Ludwig Wittgenstein, while also rounding out the jagged edges associated with this elusive and eccentric thinker's work. In all, readers encounter the fleshy and liver-spotted Wittgenstein, whose life and morals never seeped into his work, but whose tenacity and acuity allowed him to become the greatest of philosophers.

Duffy enlarges the grandeur of an already gargantuan 20th century figure and presence in Ludwig Wittgenstein, while also rounding out the jagged edges associated with this elusive and eccentric thinker's work. In all, readers encounter the fleshy and liver-spotted Wittgenstein, a carved out figure most certainly absent in this man's philosophy, but once present, reveals much about that which informed his writings.