The discovery, in various quarters, of hitherto unknown letters exchanged between Wittgenstein and the chief of his Cambridge friends has stimulated the editors to produce a fundamentally new volume. Their notes too are based on archival material not previously explored. Wittgenstein's correspondents here are not his disciples but those he recognized as his mentors - Bertrand Russell, G.E. Moor…
Ludwig Wittgenstein remains one of the most powerful influences on contemporary philosophy, yet he shunned publicity and was an extremely private man. His friend Norman Malcolm (himself an eminent philosopher) wrote this remarkably vivid personal memoir of Wittgenstein--first published in 1958 to wide acclaim for its moving and truthful portrait of the gifted yet difficult man. And, although mu…
With a deft command of all the sources, including some only recently made available, Brian McGuinness traces the early career of Wittgenstein from his privileged childhood in Austria to the appearance of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the only major work Wittgenstein published in his lifetime.
Di balik lemah, rapuh, dan ketergantungan penuh kepada orangtua, anak di periode awal usianya berada di tahapan sangat penting dalam seluruh rangkaian perkembangannya. Semua yang diterimanya pada periode tersebut menjadi pondasi dan kerangka utama tumbuh kembangnya di masa mendatang, baik fisik maupun psikologi. Namun periode tersebut juga merupakan periode yang rumit untuk dipelajari, karena k…