YOUNG LUDWIG by Brian McGuinness ( 9780199279944 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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YOUNG LUDWIG
WITTGENSTEIN'S LIFE, 1889-1921

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Brian McGuinness

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

17 March, 2005

Pages:

352

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Ludwig Wittgenstein is universally recognized as one of the most original and influential philosophers of his age and as a personality of great magnetism and power. Not all who recognize his importance admire him or approve of it; his life and work are both surrounded by controversy. In this welcome reissue of his classic biographical study, complete with a brand-new Preface, Brian McGuinness traces the early years of this fascinating figure and examines theformative influences which shaped his extraordinary life.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein is universally recognized as one of the most original and influential philosophers of his age and as a personality of great magnetism and power. Not all who recognize his importance admire him or approve of it; his life and work are both surrounded by controversy. In this welcome reissue of his classic biographical study, complete with a brand-new Preface, Brian McGuinness traces the early years of this fascinating figure and examines the formative influences which shaped his extraordinary life.

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Clarendon Press

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