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  1. Sep 20, 2024 · Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, landmark work by the Austrian-born British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), published in German (as Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung) in 1921 and in English in 1922, that articulates a sophisticated version of the metaphysical theory of logical atomism, including the “picture theory of meaning ...

  2. Sep 2, 2024 · Download chapter PDF. We find in Wittgenstein’s Notebooks on July 6, 1916, the shortest answer to what constitutes his own quest for the meaning of life: to fulfill the purpose of existence. That is what it means to be happy—in accordance and agreement with Dostoyevsky’s assertion of it.

  3. Sep 15, 2024 · Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) was an Austrian-born philosopher who is widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, particularly in the fields of logic, philosophy of language, and epistemology.

  4. 5 days ago · Still, Wittgenstein’s deeply private and agnostic Christianity sharply contrasts Bataille’s own atheological experience of the death of God. Where Bataille’s mysticism challenges rationality, Wittgenstein’s instead expresses the numinous world as such, shedding light on the dark night of Bataille and the specific character of ‘inner experience’.

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  6. Sep 14, 2024 · 1. Not sure yet if it's what Witt. had in mind but this is pretty funny: "We are all absolutely certain, beyond the possibility of doubt, that Great Britain is an island." – Kristian Berry. 2 days ago.

  7. Sep 8, 2024 · Lawrence (1888-1935) and Wittgenstein (1889-1951), exact contemporaries, were physically small: Lawrence 5’5”, Wittgenstein 5’6”. But their extraordinary lives were driven by a Nietzschean Will to Power, and their intense stares and commanding characters had an astounding effect on everyone.

  8. Sep 13, 2024 · Ray Monk's Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius is a masterful biography of one of the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th century.