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Written in code under constant threat of battle, Wittgenstein's searing and illuminating diaries finally emerge in this first-ever English translation.
Brief description: Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was a world-renowned Austrian-British philosopher.
Review Quotes: Wittgenstein's surviving notebooks from the first half of the First World War, now available in the first facing-page English translation, contain remarks that are clearly an embryonic form of the 'Tractatus, ' along with personal remarks on religion, masturbation, and the quotidian business of being at war. Taken out of context, Wittgenstein's philosophical remarks can seem perilously close to kitsch, or mere displays of cleverness. But he possessed a virtue rarer than cleverness: that of depth. He rarely doubted his authority to tell people how to live, and, even now, seven decades after his death, his conduct and character continue to invite lively speculation.--New Yorker, "Best Books of 2022"