Major Works: Selected Philosophical Writings (Harper Perennial Modern Thought) - Softcover

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061550248 ISBN 13: 9780061550249

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2009

Synopsis

Major Works is the finest single-volume anthology of influential philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's important writings. Featuring the complete texts of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, The Blue and Brown Books: Studies for 'Philosophical Investigations, ' and On Certainty, this new collection selects from the early, middle, and later career of this revolutionary thinker, widely recognized as one of the most profound minds of all time.

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Review:

"The greatest philosopher of the 20th century."--New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was born in Austria and studied at Cambridge under Bertrand Russell. He volunteered to serve in the Austrian army at the outbreak of World War I, and in 1918 was captured and sent to a prison camp in Italy, where he finished his masterpiece, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one of the most important philosophical works of all time. After the war Wittgenstein eventually returned to Cambridge to teach.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061550248
• ISBN 13: 9780061550249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448