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The Wittgenstein Initiative is a Vienna-based international forum. RT≠ endorsement.
Vienna Katılım Ekim 2014
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Allan Janik gestorben: Wittgenstein-Experte und Wien-Forscher wird 84 pressefeuer.at/news/allan-jan…
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A good new article:
Saint Ludwig of Cambridge thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-3… #WittgensteInit #Wittgenstein
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It's a sure sign that you're spending too much time on Wittgenstein when you see a bottle like this and immediately think: "Where's the fly?"
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We're pleased to announce a very special Philosophy in the Bookshop @philoxophy on 14th March 2026
Host @philosophybites will interview Anthony Gottlieb @N10Egottlieb about his new book on Wittgenstein
Book here
eventbrite.co.uk/e/176420546904…
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An appreciative review of my Wittgenstein biography, from Bryan Appleyard:
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/wittge…
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A conversation on the towering self-confidence of the Wittgenstein family, the physicists who sparked some of Ludwig's ideas, music and the inexpressible. and--among other things--why life is maybe not like a pineapple.
Jewish Lives@jewishlives
NEW! Join us on the latest episode of the Jewish Lives Podcast with Anthony Gottlieb, author of the new biography "Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes," as we explore the life of one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. Listen now at jewishlives.org/podcast
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Am profoundly grateful for this review of my Wittgenstein book: ft.com/content/b5a1c8…
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"...On his deathbed, he exclaimed: “Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life.” Maybe so, yet you close this wonderful biography thinking that the linguistic philosopher JL Austin summed him up best: “Poor old Witters.” " telegraph.co.uk/gift/12aace95e…
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A bubbling cauldron: Ludwig Wittgenstein thetablet.co.uk/books/a-bubbli… "In this miraculously well written little book, Gottlieb does something that has certainly not been done before..."
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Ray Monk: Preparing for the second coming: Wittgenstein in Vienna 1925-29 as part of Wittgenstein Week: The Wittgenstein Houses, 20-27th October in Vienna.
For full programme and tickets:
wittgenstein-initiative.com/wittgenstein-w…
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@RowanMoore More on Viennese architecture including, Loos pupil, Paul Engelmann and the house he built with Ludwig Wittgenstein during 'Wittgenstein Week' in October: architecture, design and the Wittgensteins:
wittgenstein-initiative.com/wittgenstein-w…
Please get in touch if you would like to know more!
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Do you mean this Louis Sullivan?
Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas
“Ornament is a crime” Alfred Loos “”Form follows function” Louis Sullivan France: hold my wine
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'Architektur verewigt und verherrlicht etwas (denn sie dauert). Sie verherrlicht ihren Zweck.'
'Architecture immortalises and glorifies something (because it endures). It glorifies purpose.'
Ludwig Wittgenstein ca 1947-48
Interior of House Wittgenstein, Vienna.
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I'm chuffed to say that this is now available for pre-order: amazon.com/Ludwig-Wittgen…
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Wittgenstein Family Letters in Spanish, out on 26 February 2025 wittgenstein-initiative.com/wittgenstein-f… #Wittgenstein #WittgensteInit
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