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WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig
Philosophical Investigations
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1958
8vo., publisher’s navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; together in the unclipped dustwrapper (37s. 6d. net to front flap); lettered with decorative borders in red; pp. [iv], v-xe, [i], 232e, [iii], with parallel text in German and English; a very good copy, a touch sunned and rubbed at edges of boards; previous bookseller sticker to front paste-down; endpapers lightly browned; the wrapper also very good, completely unrestored, just a little toning and creasing.
Second edition, five years after the first, with a translation by G. E. M. Anscombe.
Sometimes regarded as one of the most important works of 20th century philosophy, Investigations was first published in 1953, two years after the author’s death. The book represents two decades of some of his most dedicated work on the philosophy of the mind, language and meaning, following on from his famous Tractatus, with the latter work often seen as one long refutation of all of his earlier theories.
Elizabeth Anscombe was one of Wittgenstein’s loved students, and later close friend. She studied with him for the majority of her life, and was present at his side when he was on his deathbed. After his passing, she was responsible for translating, publishing and distributing many of his unpublished works and notebooks. She is buried by his side.
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig
Philosophical Investigations
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1958
8vo., publisher’s navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; together in the unclipped dustwrapper (37s. 6d. net to front flap); lettered with decorative borders in red; pp. [iv], v-xe, [i], 232e, [iii], with parallel text in German and English; a very good copy, a touch sunned and rubbed at edges of boards; previous bookseller sticker to front paste-down; endpapers lightly browned; the wrapper also very good, completely unrestored, just a little toning and creasing.
Second edition, five years after the first, with a translation by G. E. M. Anscombe.
Sometimes regarded as one of the most important works of 20th century philosophy, Investigations was first published in 1953, two years after the author’s death. The book represents two decades of some of his most dedicated work on the philosophy of the mind, language and meaning, following on from his famous Tractatus, with the latter work often seen as one long refutation of all of his earlier theories.
Elizabeth Anscombe was one of Wittgenstein’s loved students, and later close friend. She studied with him for the majority of her life, and was present at his side when he was on his deathbed. After his passing, she was responsible for translating, publishing and distributing many of his unpublished works and notebooks. She is buried by his side.