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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ludwig Wittgenstein · 2001 · 106 pages
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. For Wittgenstein, logic was something we use to conquer a reality which is in itself both elusive and unobtainable. He famously summarized the book in the following words: 'What can be said at all can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.' David Pears and Brian McGuinness received the highest praise for their meticulous translation. The work is prefaced by Bertrand Russell's original introduction to the first English edition.
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Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)
“When I decided I wanted to make a video for men, ContraPoints For Him I started brushing up on my reasoning skills because I wanna be so f*cking rational for you. So to prepare for this video I read Newton's "Principia Mathematica", Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus", and of course the philosophical classic, "The Rational Male" by Rollo Caliente. So my mind is well-lubricated and I'm ready for what I have no doubt will be a penetrating intellectual interchange.”

Ralph Steadman
“I love philosophy, and after a hideous grammar school humiliation I chose philosophy as something to do that sounded scholastic. What I gleaned from this book was that ‘the only thing of value is that which cannot be said.'”↗



