Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: the Original Edition

The Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's only book-length philosophical work, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, is recognized as a significant philosophical work of the twentieth century. The project had a broad aim - to identify the relationship between language and reality and to define the limits of science. Wittgenstein wrote the notes for the Tractatus while he was a soldier during World War I and completed it when a prisoner of war at Como and later Cassino in August 1918. It was first published in German in 1921 as 'Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung'.

The Tractatus was influential chiefly amongst the logical positivists of the Vienna Circle, such as Rudolf Carnap and Friedrich Waismann. Bertrand Russell's article "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism" is presented as a working out of ideas that he had learned from Wittgenstein. The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by Wittgenstein in his lifetime.

The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is a significant philosophical work that aimed to identify the relationship between language and reality and to define the limits of science. Wittgenstein, an Austrian philosopher, wrote the notes for the Tractatus while he was a soldier during World War I and completed it when he was a prisoner of war at Como and later Cassino in August 1918. It was first published in German in 1921 as 'Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung'.

The Tractatus was particularly influential among the logical positivists of the Vienna Circle, including Rudolf Carnap and Friedrich Waismann. Bertrand Russell's article "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism" is considered a working out of ideas that he had learned from Wittgenstein. The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is Wittgenstein's only book-length philosophical work published during his lifetime.

The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, written by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, is recognized as a significant philosophical work of the twentieth century. The project aimed to identify the relationship between language and reality, as well as to define the limits of science. Wittgenstein wrote the notes for the Tractatus while serving as a soldier during World War I and completed it when he was a prisoner of war at Como and later Cassino in August 1918. The work was first published in German in 1921 under the title 'Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung'.

The Tractatus was particularly influential among the logical positivists of the Vienna Circle, such as Rudolf Carnap and Friedrich Waismann. Bertrand Russell's article "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism" is presented as a working out of ideas that he had learned from Wittgenstein. The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by Wittgenstein during his lifetime.

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