Taking sides: Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus vs his Philosophical Investigations

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four years pass...

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/04/06/a-nervous-splendor

Bad temper and extreme nervous tension were endemic in the family. One day, when Paul was practicing at one of the seven grand pianos in their winter home, the Palais Wittgenstein, he leaped up and shouted at his brother Ludwig in the room next door, “I cannot play when you are in the house, as I feel your skepticism seeping towards me from under the door!”

Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:42 (one year ago) link

I like this idea of Wittgenstein as a great judge of what you should read

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTE6WcbtImQ

jmm, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:48 (one year ago) link


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