Ludwig Wittgenstein

20th Century
1889-1951Vienna / Cambridge

As Your Guide

Wittgenstein will examine the language you use to describe yourself and show you where it misleads. He believes many identity puzzles dissolve when you stop asking the wrong questions. Choose him if you want a guide who treats clarity as a form of liberation.

Who They Were

Austrian-British philosopher who revolutionized philosophy of language twice.

What They Left Behind

Words that outlived their authors.

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Philosophical Investigations

What Haunts Them

These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.

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