On This Page
Description
Ludwig Wittgenstein has somehow captured the popular imagination as the modern Socrates, the master of enigmatic logic, the fascinating and attractive icon of modernism. But what did Wittgenstein really say? In this book we are given a clear and accessible guide to his central works, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, a glacier of logic, and his later, friendlier Philosophical Investigations. Anyone intrigued by these works but too daunted to have read them will find this the ideal show more introduction to a great 20th century philosopher. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
18. Introducing Wittgenstein by John Heaton & illustrated by Judy Groves (1994, 173 pages, read Apr 18-20)
As part of my weird quest-to-reread-Infinite-Jest, I decided I needed to read certain key influences on David Foster Wallace, including Wittgenstein's Tractatus...or did I? And anyway, where to start on such a book? So, I started here. The illustrations are random and vaguely pointless, but text is nice and simple. It highlights how absolutely fascinating Wittgenstein the person was. I finished quite a bit confused on Tractatus, but felt something of a comprehension of Wittgenstein's main later work, [Philosophical Investigations] (published posthumously). The overall effect of this book was to get me started on and interested in show more Wittgenstein. That's a success.
2013
http://www.librarything.com/topic/154187#4190748 show less
As part of my weird quest-to-reread-Infinite-Jest, I decided I needed to read certain key influences on David Foster Wallace, including Wittgenstein's Tractatus...or did I? And anyway, where to start on such a book? So, I started here. The illustrations are random and vaguely pointless, but text is nice and simple. It highlights how absolutely fascinating Wittgenstein the person was. I finished quite a bit confused on Tractatus, but felt something of a comprehension of Wittgenstein's main later work, [Philosophical Investigations] (published posthumously). The overall effect of this book was to get me started on and interested in show more Wittgenstein. That's a success.
2013
http://www.librarything.com/topic/154187#4190748 show less
Pois então, faz muito mais sentido Wittgenstein em quadrinhos ou no cinema, mais que ser lido ou ouvido, Wittgenstein deve ser visto.
Good but not great.
Even if you think that you don't like philosophy, especially if you don't like philosophy give it a try.
Beautifully put.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
18+ Works 652 Members
44+ Works 5,223 Members
Richard Appignanesi is a Research Fellow at King's College London.
All Editions
Some Editions
Series
Belongs to Publisher Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Wittgenstein Para Principiantes
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 543
- Popularity
- 55,055
- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (3.62)
- Languages
- 8 — Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 7
