![]() ![]() He was obsessed with the most refined conceptual questions and had only disdain for academics. He was bristlingly reclusive but infinitely vulnerable to the attention and good will of friends. He was prideful but constantly vilified himself and contemplated suicide. ![]() Any life has enough contradictions to challenge a biographer, but Wittgenstein's were remarkable. His life, even more than his work, has preoccupied only an inner circle. Now, nearly four decades after his death, he has become a voice in literature, anthropology, politics and law. Notoriously cryptic and elusive, he was until recently a philosopher's philosopher. WITTGENSTEIN is fast becoming an emblematic figure of the 20th century. LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN The Duty of Genius By Ray Monk Free Press. ![]()
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