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    Wittgenstein: Philosophy in an Hour

    Written by Paul Strathern

    Narrated by Jonathan Keeble

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    About this audiobook

    Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Wittgenstein in just one hour.

    Ludwig Wittgenstein saw himself as ‘the last philosopher’. In his view, philosophy in the traditional sense was finished. A superb logician, Wittgenstein distrusted language and sought to solve the problems of philosophy by reducing them to the purest form of logic. Everything else – metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, finally even philosophy itself – was excluded. He famously stated, ‘of that which we cannot speak we must remain silent', thus eliminating all concepts which do not arise from experience or are amenable to logical thought

    Wittgenstein: Philosophy in an Hour is an audiobook showcasing an expert account of Wittgenstein’s life and philosophical ideas – entertainingly written and above all easy to listen to. Also included are selections from his work, suggested further reading and chronologies that place Wittgenstein in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateAug 29, 2013
    ISBN9780007530465
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    Wittgenstein: Philosophy in an Hour
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    Paul Strathern

    Paul Strathern is a Somerset Maugham Award-winning novelist, and his nonfiction works include The Venetians, Death in Florence, The Medici, Mendeleyev's Dream, The Florentines, Empire, and The Borgias, all available from Pegasus Books. He lives in England.

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    • 2/5
      Mucha biografía, poca filosofía, mucha menos exégesis de esta filosofia.
    • 2/5
      It’s a fairly helpful guide to Wittgenstein’s life, but he got a lot of things about his philosophy completely wrong. Wittgenstein was convinced that very few people, if anyone, understood his philosophy and that more people completely misinterpreted it - this author proves that Wittgenstein was correct.