Portraits of Wittgenstein: Volume I F.A. Flowers III & Ian Ground

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Product Overview

Portraits of Wittgenstein is a major collection of memoirs and reflections on
one of the most influential and yet elusive personalities in the history of
modern philosophy, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Featuring a wealth of illuminating and
profound insights into Wittgensteins extraordinary life, this unique
collection reveals Wittgenstein's character and power of personality more
vividly and comprehensively than ever before. With portraits from more than
seventy-five figures, Portraits of Wittgenstein brings together the personal
recollections of philosophers, students, friends and acquaintances, including
Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, F. R. Leavis, A. J. Ayer, Karl Popper,
Friedrich von Hayek, G. H. von Wright, Rush Rhees, Freeman Dyson, G. E. M.
Anscombe, Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley and Mary Warnock. These authors testify
to the life-long influence Wittgenstein had on the lives of those he met.
Their fascinating memoirs, reflections and commentaries, often at odds with
each other, reveal Wittgenstein's kindness, and how much genuine friendship
meant to him, as well as his suffering and despair. They show too how the
philosopher's ruthless honesty and uncompromising integrity often resulted in
stern advice and harsh rebukes to friends and foes alike. Now revised and
updated, Portraits of Wittgenstein includes new selections, revised
contributions, photographs, maps and introductory overviews that provide
historical context to Wittgensteins relationships with his intellectual and
social circle. This collection of valuable and hard-to-find material is an
indispensable resource for scholars and students of the life and work of
Ludwig Wittgenstein. Read more