Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius by Ray Monk
Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one. The Christian Science Monitor.
About Ray Monk
Ray Monk is the author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius, for which he was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize. He is also the author of Robert Oppenheimer and a two-volume biography of Bertrand Russell. He is a professor of philosophy at the University of Southampton.
Table of Contents
Ludwig Wittgenstein - Ray Monk Introduction I. 1889-1919 1. The Laboratory for Self-destruction 2. Manchester 3. Russell's Protege 4. Russell's Master 5. Norway 6. Behind the Lines 7. At the Front II. 1919-1928 8. The Unprintable Truth 9. An Entirely Rural Affair 10. Out of the Wilderness III. 1929-41 11. The Second Coming 12. The Verificationist Phase 13. The Fog Clears 14. A New Beginning 15. Francis 16. Language-games: The Blue and Brown Books 17. Joining the Ranks 18. Confessions 19. Finis Austriae 20. The Reluctant Professor IV. 1941-51 21. War Work 22. Swansea 23. The Darkness of This Time 24. A Change of Aspect 25. Ireland 26. A Citizen of No Community 27. Storeys End Appendix: Bartley's Wittgenstein and the Coded Remarks References Select Bibliography Index
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CIN0140159959G
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0140159959
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius by Ray Monk
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