Tractatus Logico Philosophicus

by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell (Introduction)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604594218
Publisher:	Wilder Publications
Publication date:	06/26/2008
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.22(d)

Table of Contents

Translators' Preface
Introduction by Bertrand Russell
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Preface
Translation
Index

Editorial Reviews

Wittgenstein, in his preface, tells us that his book is not a textbook, and that its object will be attained if there is one person who reads it with understanding and to whom it affords pleasure. We think there are many persons who will read it with understanding and enjoy it. The treatise is clear and lucid. The author is continually arresting us with new and striking thoughts, and he closes on a note of mystical exaltation.

Times Literary Supplement

Tractatus is one of the fundamental texts of twentieth-century philosophy - short, bold, cryptic, and remarkable in its power to stir the imagination of philosophers and non-philosophers alike.

Michael Frayn