Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
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"Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one."— The Christian Science Monitor.
From Publishers Weekly
According to Monk, philosopher and reluctant Cambridge don Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was driven by spiritual as much by intellectual concerns, exchanged academia for solitude whenever possible and was drawn to brilliant younger men. "Monk has done an excellent job of elucidating the twin journeys of an extraordinary mind and soul," said PW. Photos.
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About the Author
Ray Monk is the author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius , for which he was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize. He is also the author of Robert Oppenheimer and a two-volume biography of Bertrand Russell. He is a professor of philosophy at the University of Southampton.