Young Ludwig: Wittgenstein's Life 1889-1921

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Ludwig Wittgenstein is universally recognized as one of the most original and influential philosophers of his age and as a personality of great magnetism and power. Not all who recognize his importance admire him or approve of it; his life and work are both surrounded by controversy. In this welcome reissue of his classic biographical study complete with a brand-new Preface Brian McGuinness traces the early years of this fascinating figure and examines the formative influences which shaped his extraordinary life.