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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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ISBN-10: 0415254086

ISBN-13: 9780415254083

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein, David Francis Pears, Brian McGuinness

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/26/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 142
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.72" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Rush Rhees was in the Department of Philosophy at University College, Swansea, Wales. Anthony Kenny was a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

Translators' Preface
Introduction by Bertrand Russell
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Preface
Translation, Index