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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
- Narrated by: Greg V. Gill
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
"Philosophy is not a theory," asserted Austro-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), "but an activity." In this 1921 opus, his only philosophical work published during his lifetime, Wittgenstein defined the object of philosophy as the logical clarification of thoughts and proposed the solution to most philosophic problems by means of a critical method of linguistic analysis. In proclaiming philosophy as a matter of logic rather than of metaphysics, Wittgenstein created a sensation among intellectual circles that influenced the development of logical positivism and changed the direction of 20th-century thought.
Beginning with the principles of symbolism and the necessary relations between words and objects, the author applies his theories to various branches of traditional philosophy, illustrating how mistakes arise from inappropriate use of symbolism and misuses of language. After examining the logical structure of propositions and the nature of logical inference, he discusses the theory of knowledge as well as principles of physics and ethics and aspects of the mystical.
Supervised by the author himself, this translation from the German by C. K. Ogden is regarded as the definitive text. A magisterial introduction by the distinguished philosopher Bertrand Russell hails Wittgenstein's achievement as extraordinarily important, "one which no serious philosopher can afford to neglect". Introduction by Bertrand Russell.
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- Automatic Slim
- 02-02-23
Great book, infuriating reading…
Why would you employ a reader who clearly has no idea what he’s reading, and thus continually obscures the sense of what he’s reading with the wrong emphasis or syntactical rhythm? For this book of all books, which must be read “in the right way” if it’s to be understood, you get someone who isn’t up to the job! Was Stephen Fry busy that day, or just too expensive? Alternatively, surely there are enough well-read, bilingual Germans in the world?
Couldn't someone at least have tutored this guy in the pronunciation of German names? The author himself becomes ‘Lood-Wig Wit-gun-steen,’ and Frege is rendered as 'Freege' - like Sean Connery telling someone not to move. The word ‘elucidation’ (oh, how ironic) becomes ‘eh-clue-dee-ay-shun.’ Utterly ridiculous.
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- Carla Aspesberger
- 13-03-23
Terrible narrator
There is no current of this knowledge transmitted by the narrator. You can hear him swallowing and mispronouncing and then correcting. I will read this book instead because the lifeless reading offered me nothing.
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- Farid Shahandeh
- 19-08-21
Poor narration
The narrator has a zingy voice, but doesn't pronounce the words clearly, for such an important book. He even pronounces the author's name (who is German) in English, which is weird. It's difficult to listen to.
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