This new edition of Wittgenstein’s book, strictly following the
author’s recommendations, allows a more immediate comprehension of
the text and dissolves several false problems that had deceived
readers and scholars for a century. The faithful interpretation of
decimal numbers (which alone, according to Wittgenstein, “give
perspicuity and clarity to the book”) shows that the Tractatus stems
from a home-page containing seven cardinal propositions and develops
level by level, by perfectly coherent reading units. Indeed, “the
Tractatus must be read in accordance with the numbering system, and
that demands that the reader follow the text after the manner of a
logical tree, which is the way in which the book was composed and in
which Wittgenstein arranged his philosophical remarks” (Peter
Hacker, The Philosophical Quarterly). Thence, the Tractatus is no
longer an obstacle course, where critics and students were strenuously
committed to decipher anacolutes, semantic jumps and bizarre
combinations. On the contrary, it reveals to be, at long last, a book
that every reader, from her own point of view, can enjoy. The actual
form of Wittgenstein’s work discloses the harmony and the aesthetic
value of a philosophical text that is contemporary and is one of the
most amazing masterpieces of world literature.
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Der Tractatus in Baumform
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ISBN
9781785276606
Publisert
2021
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Vendor
Anthem Press (NBN)
Språk
Product language
Tysk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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