An indispensible resource, this collection of Wittgenstein's key shorter works -- in some cases expanded and corrected -- offers the full German text of those selections originally written in German. Highlights include 'Notes for the 'Philosophical Lecture', an essay on private language and experience, published here for the first time; an emended version of the crucially important 'Notes for Lectures on Private Experience and Sense Data'; and 'Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough', Wittgenstein's ground-breaking critique of Frazer's classic study of magic and religion. Fifteen selections that span the development of Wittgenstein's thought, his wide range of interest, and his methods of philosophical investigation offer subtle insights into the character and personality of their author. Included are reflections on ethics, language, logic, experience, culture, anthropology, the nature of philosophy, aesthetics, and mathematics. Together they take us a step closer toward an accurate and rounded picture of the lifelong philosophical activity of one of the most intriguing philosophers of the twentieth century.
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[The editors] have usefully and skillfully assembled various writings by Wittgenstein. . . . to permit a synoptic view of his several concernsfrom comments on Frazer's The Golden Bough, to pieces on ethics, sensedata, cause and effect, free will, the nature of philosophy. There are also some revealing letters and an informative essay by Henrik von Wright on the writings that Wittgenstein left behind. The book is an excellent source and it provides a nourishing supplement to the Investigations. -- Colin McGinn in The New Republic
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This is an important collections of texts by Wittgenstein. For those interested in Wittgenstein and ethics, the lecture on ethics printed here may be significant. This book also contains Wittgenstein's remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough, which is important when one wants to understand Wittgenstein's views on religion and culture. However, the most important thing here is probably some remarks printed under the heading "Philosophy", where Wittgenstein spells out his views on philosophy. If one wants to get a clear grasp on the later Wittgenstein's view on philosophy, this piece is very important. The reader will recognize passages from Philosophical Investigations, but here Wittgenstein's philosophical therapy is stated even more clearly than in the Investigations.
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Important Collection,
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This is an important collections of texts by Wittgenstein. For those interested in Wittgenstein and ethics, the lecture on ethics printed here may be significant. This book also contains Wittgenstein's remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough, which is important when one wants to understand Wittgenstein's views on religion and culture. However, the most important thing here is probably some remarks printed under the heading "Philosophy", where Wittgenstein spells out his views on philosophy. If one wants to get a clear grasp on the later Wittgenstein's view on philosophy, this piece is very important. The reader will recognize passages from Philosophical Investigations, but here Wittgenstein's philosophical therapy is stated even more clearly than in the Investigations.
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- Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, Revised Edition by Ludwig Wittgenstein on 6 pages
- Culture and Value by Ludwig Wittgenstein on 5 pages
- RC Series Bundle: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Routledge Classics) by Ludwig Wittgenstein on 5 pages
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- Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosophy by James C. Klagge on 4 pages
- The Possibilities of Sense: Essays in Honour of D.Z. Phillips by John Whittaker on page 120, and page 129
- Wittgenstein Reads Freud by Jacques Bouveresse in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Hans D. Sluga in Back Matter
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