Publisher's Synopsis
Tractatus Logico Philosophicus is the only book length philosophy work published by Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein in his lifetime. The project had a broad aim, which was to identify the relationship between language and reality and to define the limits of science. Tractatus Logico Philosophicus is recognized as a significant philosophical work of the twentieth century which has influenced politics & social sciences as well as humanities. The Tractatus employs a notoriously austere and succinct literary style. The work also contains almost no arguments as such, but rather consists of declarative statements that are meant to be self evident. The statements are hierarchically numbered, with seven basic propositions at the primary level (numbered 1-7), with each sub-level being a comment on or elaboration of the statement at the next higher level (e.g., 1, 1.1, 1.11, 1.12). Tractatus Logico Philosophicus is often required textbook reading in various courses such as logic, logic & language, humanities, and philosophy.
