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Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir

by Norman Malcolm

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ISBN13: 9780199247592
ISBN10: 0199247595
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Ludwig Wittgenstein remains one of the most powerful influences on contemporary philosophy, yet he shunned publicity and was an extremely private man. His friend Norman Malcolm (himself an eminent philosopher) wrote this remarkably vivid personal memoir of Wittgenstein--first published in 1958 to wide acclaim for its moving and truthful portrait of the gifted yet difficult man. And, although much has been published about Wittgenstein since his death, nothing brings us closer to the philosopher himself than this modest classic. Now in a new edition, it includes the complete text of the fifty-seven letters that Wittgenstein wrote to Malcolm over a period of eleven years, revealing how friendship deeply mattered to Wittgenstein: he advises, warns, jokes, and is grateful and affectionate. The volume also features a concise biographical sketch by Georg Henrik von Wright, another leading philosopher and friend of Wittgenstein.
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Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition, Norman Malcolm


A Biographical Sketch, G. H. von Wright


A Memoir, Norman Malcolm


Wittgenstein's Letters to Norman Malcolm


Index


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ISBN:
9780199247592
Subtitle:
A Memoir
Author:
Malcolm, Norman
With:
Von Wright, G. H.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Location:
Oxford
Subject:
History, Criticism, Surveys
Subject:
Germany
Subject:
Philosophers
Subject:
Contemporary
Subject:
History & Surveys - Modern
Subject:
Philosophy | History | 20th C
Subject:
Philosophy | History | 20th C and Contemporary
Subject:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Subject:
Philosophers -- Germany.
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Second
Series Volume:
01-07
Publication Date:
September 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
7.96x5.38x.45 in. .40 lbs.
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