Tractatus logico-philosophicus:

This renewed edition of the <i>Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus</i>, exactly a century after Wittgenstein's release, presents the text in a hierarchical manner. That tree-like reading is recommended by Wittgenstein himself in the sole footnote of his book, in which he suggests that th...

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1. Verfasser: Wittgenstein, Ludwig 1889-1951 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bazzocchi, Luciano 1954- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Anthem Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Anthem studies in Wittgenstein
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Zusammenfassung:This renewed edition of the <i>Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus</i>, exactly a century after Wittgenstein's release, presents the text in a hierarchical manner. That tree-like reading is recommended by Wittgenstein himself in the sole footnote of his book, in which he suggests that the inner logical structure of the text is set by the decimal numbers of its propositions. Indeed, the compact and intricate sequence of the traditional presentation is only a rigorous logical bet, but only a logical machine or a robot can unravel the tangle.<br><br>In the present disposition, instead, all horizontal and vertical references become directly manifest and any reader can enjoy the fine architecture and the elegant reasoning of Wittgenstein's work. Every page is an actual reading unit, perfectly coherent and complete. The <i>Tractatus</i> becomes comprehensible also to unskilled readers, of course at more or less deep levels, while a scholar or a more practised reader can detect suggestions and meanings that had remained, until now, completely hidden. A historical note shows in which manner the new structural perspective sheds new light also in the compositional manuscript we have, which 'writing units' are very similar, actually, to the pages of the present edition. <br><br>Printing the <i>Tractatus</i> following Wittgenstein's decimal prescriptions required meticulous philological care and some discretional conventions: for instance, at the top of each page the commented-upon proposition is printed again, to make the sight complete and self-sufficient. Also, the famous and intriguing picture of the eye and its visual field (5.6331) has been restored as Wittgenstein drafted it, making the entire page perfectly understandable and coherent. This documented and editorial work on one of the most referenced books of the last century was conceived to obtain, and in fact gained, a perspicuous and crystal clear text, philologically faithful and relaxingly readable at the sa
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ISBN:9781785276576

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