| 单词 | Wittgenstein |
| 例句 | Both Hobbes and Wittgenstein, they want to argue, grasped that a form of knowledge implies a form of social order and vice versa. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Hanson also preceded Kuhn in stressing the importance of gestalt psychology and in laying emphasis on the philosophy of Wittgenstein. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Not only did he answer my letter, but he included his response in his autobiography, sandwiched between letters to Nehru, Khrushchev, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and other luminaries. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Wittgenstein’s whole undertaking, as interpreted by the sociologists, is directed at disputing the idea that there can be perception independent of enunciation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I have no great quarrel with those who wish to read Wittgenstein as a relativist, providing they do not use this reading to justify a relativist history of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Wittgenstein wrote in the Tractatus that ‘The world is the totality of facts, not of things.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Truth, according to Wittgenstein’s doctrine that meaning is use, is what we choose to make it; it requires a social consensus but not any correspondence between what we say and how the world is. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z No one should be surprised if histories and philosophies of science which start from Wittgenstein seem to miss the very thing that science is all about. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “How small a thought it takes to fill someone’s whole life,” the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Wittgenstein explained that there are some terms we have and use quite reliably which we cannot adequately define. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Wittgenstein was surely doing both, and he deliberately moves back and forth between the first person singular and the first person plural to convey both views. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Games have, Wittgenstein said, a ‘family resemblance’, but this does not mean that the term—or the difference between a game and a sport—can be adequately defined. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Philosophers reduced the scope of their inquiries so much that Wittgenstein, the most famous philosopher of this century, said, “The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It is easy to assume that Wittgenstein’s point here is a relativist one: we say their knowledge is inferior to ours; but they say the same about us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z No follower of Wittgenstein can accept the notion of ‘evidence’ uncritically—indeed, some would claim they cannot accept it at all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But Wittgenstein’s texts are puzzling, problematic, and unfinished. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the history of science literature it is generally taken for granted that Wittgenstein was a relativist. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It seems to me to be at odds with a number of passages in which Wittgenstein expresses a quite different view of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ms. Anderson quotes Wittgenstein on the limits of language. At Venice Festival, the Wisdom of Lunatics, the Wildness of Age 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z As a literary critic, Mr. Karatani’s tastes have been encyclopedic, offering original readings of writers as eclectic as Shakespeare and Wittgenstein. Kojin Karatani Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z And, for that matter, do the Philosophical Investigations of Wittgenstein really speak to everybody? Philosophy is supposed to be difficult 2011-02-25T12:01:28Z He began performing repertoire for the left hand only — playing many pieces written for Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in World War I — and returned to Curtis, now as a teacher. Piano Stars Gather for a Legend’s 90th 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z “Death is not an event in life,” Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote; “we do not live to experience death.” A Visceral and Fabulist Short Story Collection Filled With Roots, Inheritance and Blood 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z It is not known what the Wittgensteins displayed in the vitrine, and it will be left empty at the museum. Not All Medieval Sacred Art Was Anti-Semitic 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Plato’s later writings actually challenged some of his own ideas in “The Republic”; Wittgenstein eventually rejected much of his “Tractatus.” Review | A new book for ‘those who don’t want millions, but an answer to their questions’ 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z She loved word games, played Civilization as an antidote to work, studied Wittgenstein and religions, and in her 60s took up tap dancing. Elizabeth North obituary 2010-10-11T17:14:00Z After serving in Austria’s army during World War I, the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein spent some time as an elementary schoolteacher. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Perloff also points out that unlike so many other war diaries, Wittgenstein’s includes very little about the larger stakes of the war itself. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Wittgenstein wrote this down for his private consumption, scribbling the declaration in the code he had used with his siblings when they were children. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Everett, who grew up in Columbia, S.C., has done everything from studying Wittgenstein to performing jazz guitar, casting flies to castrating bulls. Percival Everett Has a Book or Three Coming Out 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z But when I was 16, a teacher gave me a copy of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and I was struck by one phrase: “That whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must remain silent.” Lessons from the ancient philosophers to help improve our lives today 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z This is refusal, and a trivial work perhaps inspired by a superficial awareness of the “word games” ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Review | Robert Rauschenberg: A clear-eyed views of chaos, or just chaos? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z She reads Wittgenstein and Bergson and roams the streets and rides the subway. Was That Really Me? A Novelist Discovers Her Younger Self 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z I’m reminded of Wittgenstein, who once declared, “If all possible scientific questions are answered, our problem is still not touched at all.” The death of writing? Not again 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z His last novel, “Wittgenstein Jr.,” is a funhouse version of this one; it fictionalized the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein as a modern-day Cambridge professor, as seen through the eyes of his students. If Nietzsche Were in High School 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z We meet with the usual suspects — like Nietzsche and Dawkins — but also romp around with Plato, Wittgenstein, Yeats, George Eliot and Virginia Woolf. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z Like the actual young Wittgenstein, he’s searching for a logical solution to “all the fundamental problems of philosophy.” Lars Iyer’s ‘Wittgenstein Jr.,’ Daniel Kehlmann’s ‘F’ and More 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z He quotes the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s aphorism that “the limits of my language are the limits of my world.” Review | Can’t name that feeling? Try consulting ‘The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows’ 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z In 1921, Ludwig Wittgenstein asserted that "a proposition can determine only one place in logical space". Readers recommend: innuendo in songs – results 2013-04-25T13:52:46Z Mr. Chan illustrated some entries, too — sparingly in the book itself, but extensively around the walls of Greene Naftali Gallery in the exhibition “Drawings for Word Book by Ludwig Wittgenstein.” 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Nor can Cambridge's strange catalogue of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers from Newton through Hardy, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein and Turing be ignored. Stephen Fry recalls his student days for West End play: From the archive, 2 April 1988 2013-04-02T06:00:00Z According to Wittgenstein, “whereof we cannot speak, thereof must we be silent,” and though “Saint Omer” is a film saturated in discourse, its silences are where its deepest insight resides. ‘Saint Omer’ Review: The Trials of Motherhood 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Nor did Wittgenstein share the average war memoirist’s sentimentality for his fellow soldiers. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z She had been asked to write a biography of Wittgenstein, but stepped aside in favour of Monk since she confessed to knowing nothing of his philosophy. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z The book — each section of which opens with an epigram from Wittgenstein’s “Philosophical Investigations” — eventually bogs down in philological digression. Numbers, Speed, Mystery: The World of the Delivery Worker 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Film-makers out to preach biodiversity might do well to heed Wittgenstein. Animals United defeat themselves 2010-12-20T11:11:45Z Prokofiev wrote the Fourth Concerto for the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who disliked the piece and never performed it. Review: In ‘Folk, Form, and Fire,’ Hosting a Party of Five for Prokofiev 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Immersing himself in an eclectic circle that included the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the composer Arnold Schoenberg, he developed his approach to design not only as a practitioner but also as a writer. Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos, Contrasting Modernist Architects 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z It seemed to me that philosophy, in Wittgenstein’s hands, was something like an exact science, which established a system of propositions that perfectly represented the world. The Men Who Reinvented Philosophy for Turbulent Times 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z At Melbourne University, after failing at engineering, he changed to philosophy and came under the influence of exponents of the approach of Ludwig Wittgenstein, notably AC "Camo" Jackson and Douglas Gasking. Brian O'Shaughnessy obituary 2010-07-14T17:13:00Z Wittgenstein had a notion of understanding as seeing connections rather than building a theory. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z But it’s also a free-ranging contemplation on death, memory, Wittgenstein, Buddhist wisdom and Anderson’s childhood. Venice film festival – plenty of punch to disturb the peace 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Here in Cambridge, in Trinity College Chapel, there is a plaque dedicated to Ludwig Wittgenstein. Review: Clive James, Writing Toward the Twilight 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z She is highly intelligent and educated and she is going to take an interest in Wittgenstein, rather than a 20th century African philosopher which her professor criticizes her for. "Saint Omer" examines the darkest maternity taboos and the "language of the accused" 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z He refers to Wittgenstein on history and in his usurpation of facts and stories resembles Charles Kinbote in Vladimir Nabokov’s “Pale Fire.” A First Novel Explores Zimbabwe’s Troubled History 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z He spent five years on Ludwig Wittgenstein, and came to love the Austrian more and more as he worked on the book. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z The towering achievement was a life of Wittgenstein and the other was a less sympathetic, but still extraordinary, two-volume study of Bertrand Russell. Inside the Centre: The Life of J Robert Oppenheimer by Ray Monk – review 2012-11-16T10:06:01Z For Wittgenstein, the world's existence was cause for wonder. Q. & A.: Jim Holt on Why the World Exists 2012-07-18T14:09:41Z Wittgenstein believed that language isn’t separate from reality. An Irish Flâneur, Greeting the Past on His Present Wanderings 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z In our capital city, there is no Virginia Woolf Road, or Joseph Conrad Avenue, or Wittgenstein Square, or Auden Street – though Kirchstetten, the Austrian village where Auden spent his summers, has an Audenstrasse. The naming of Berlin 2011-03-18T12:27:49Z In his 1987 novel, “The World as I Found It,” he sought to capture the equally challenging figure of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Books of The Times: The Prodigy Burned Out. Why Not Blame Mom? 2011-08-23T20:39:20Z As Wittgenstein had it: "The I is not an object." Total Recall fuels delusion about who we are 2012-08-28T09:39:32Z Ms. Bustillos may not convince readers that Bradshaw — best-known for promoting the idea of “the inner child” — belongs in the pantheon next to Wittgenstein. ArtsBeat: David Foster Wallace, Self-Help Reader 2011-04-11T19:20:13Z Though the book labours under a critical apparatus that might have been thought de trop if the subject had been Wittgenstein, it is not helpful in telling us about, for example, Taylor's father. The Richard Burton Diaries edited by Chris Williams – review 2012-11-29T08:00:03Z “Or maybe Wittgenstein could be my valentine,” she writes. Patti Smith, Survivor 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Or, as Wittgenstein put it in his notebook in July 1916, “What cannot be said, cannot be said!” Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z It dates from 1991, and reflects their more fathomable philosophical discussions, which often centered on Ludwig Wittgenstein, who Murdoch briefly knew at Cambridge University. The Mysterious Letter Writer Who Beguiled Flannery O’Connor and Iris Murdoch 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z As metaphysical conjectures go, this does not perhaps rank with Hegel or Wittgenstein. Review: ‘D Deb Debbie Deborah,’ a Dizzying Subversion of Identity 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Wittgenstein’s last words were “I’ve had a wonderful life,” we learn, “which might’ve been a Frank Capra allusion, because he loved Hollywood films.” Review: In ‘The Undertaking,’ Considering the End With Some Laughter 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z While staying in a sanatorium in RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire, he became preoccupied with books – consuming at random everything from translations of the classics to Hobbes, Descartes and Wittgenstein, and contemporary British fiction. Alan Sillitoe obituary 2010-04-25T14:15:00Z This “philosophy-opera,” as The New Yorker critic Alex Ross called it, sets voice, violin, flute and percussion to texts by writers from Aristotle and Wittgenstein to Lydia Davis and Jenny Holzer. 8 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The “Tractatus” would prove to be a slender book, but using language to explore the limits of language meant that Wittgenstein had embarked on something painful and painstaking. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In the early 80s, while studying Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics at Oxford, he came across two rival interpretations of it. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z In that same Palm House, the philosopher Wittgenstein is commemorated by a plaque for the time he lived in Dublin in the 1940s. An Irish Flâneur, Greeting the Past on His Present Wanderings 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z The very first of these, “The Aeroplanes at Brescia,” imagines a meeting — which could have happened — between Kafka and Wittgenstein at an early air show. Review | The most intellectually exhilarating work of the year 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Wittgenstein, for his part, knew what he wanted them to do, at least in his published work. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z It's like a regular Wittgenstein family reunion out there. "True Blood" 4x11: The witch is dead? 2011-09-05T12:06:00Z So I conceived the idea of writing about Wittgenstein as a man. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z Billed as “tag-team lectures on unrelated topics,” each event involves presentations by experts on two subjects that create a high-low pair, like “Wittgenstein and Hula Dancing” or “Time Travel and the French Situationists.” Adam Lerner Enlivens the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver 2012-03-04T05:07:13Z That's why I am pleased to rank myself alongside Montaigne, Aesop, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Kahil Gibran as one of the cleverest men to have ever lived. Taleb service 2010-12-21T09:52:09Z "The great philosophical writers of the past wrote for humanity," Blackburn begins, enumerating Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Mill and even Wittgenstein. Philosophy is supposed to be difficult 2011-02-25T12:01:28Z My thought was that if you had any understanding of the spirit in which Wittgenstein wrote, there was no way you could attribute those positions to him. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z Wittgenstein would describe that as mystical, though not in any sense religious. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z She read Sylvia Plath and put a poster of the poet on her wall; he devoured Nietzsche and Wittgenstein. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Guy Davenport once described Wittgenstein as someone who “thought himself into subtler and deeper problems,” and “Private Notebooks” shows the philosopher wrestling with this process in real time. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z He is a professor of philosophy, with excellent books about Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell to his credit. Books of The Times: ‘Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center,’ by Ray Monk 2013-05-27T21:46:27Z Some later works present quotations, rendered in mechanical fonts, by luminaries like the Marquis de Sade, Freud and Wittgenstein. Joseph Kosuth Show at Sean Kelly Gallery 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Biography, in this mode, is the sort of non-theoretic knowing that Wittgenstein described and commended. Inside the Centre: The Life of J Robert Oppenheimer by Ray Monk – review 2012-11-16T10:06:01Z Wittgenstein came to the view that people create meaning through "language games" – or, in this case, downright shenanigans. Readers recommend: innuendo in songs – results 2013-04-25T13:52:46Z Rather than nostalgically back to the future, Franzson quotes Wittgenstein's attitude about time, noting that "the present can't be measured for it has no extension." wasteLAnd and rest of new music scene in L.A. is thriving with a lowercase T 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Wittgenstein rejected Prokofiev’s composition, but Mr. Volodin made an eloquent case for it, bringing across its pervading struggle toward lyricism yet ultimately confirming its status as the weakest of the set. Prom Math: One Night, Five Prokofiev Concertos 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Monk's biography of Wittgenstein was subtitled "the duty of genius" – that description describes, perhaps, what Oppenheimer thought he was fulfilling on the Manhattan Project. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z Having considered the lives of Kafka, Kipling, Beatrix Potter, Beethoven, Newton and Wittgenstein, Storr disagrees that people who need people are always the luckiest in the world. T Magazine: The Other Valentine's Day 2011-02-10T22:51:01Z And what of Ludwig Wittgenstein, the most illusive and therefore most interesting of the philosophical wizards? The Men Who Reinvented Philosophy for Turbulent Times 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z He stole ruthlessly, from Kafka, Wittgenstein and countless others, to the extent that some of his books are nearly collages. A Biography of W.G. Sebald, Who Transformed His Borrowings Into Lasting Art 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Readers drawn to Sarah Bakewell’s best-selling “At the Existentialist Café” will appreciate this accessible and deeply human treatment of four thinkers who are notoriously incomprehensible: Martin Heidegger, Ernst Cassirer, Walter Benjamin and Ludwig Wittgenstein. The Men Who Reinvented Philosophy for Turbulent Times 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z At a crucial moment in “Time of the Magicians,” Eilenberger explains that an entire school of philosophy known as logical positivism was born of this exact misunderstanding of Wittgenstein. The Men Who Reinvented Philosophy for Turbulent Times 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z In this way, as far back as 2002, Singhal introduced a refinement based on Ludwig Wittgenstein's theory on how the meaning of words is always influenced by context. Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph 2013-01-19T21:59:00Z Ludwig Wittgenstein described a feeling of awe that led him to use phrases like “How extraordinary that anything should exist,” but he decided it was better not to say such things. ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-03T22:40:08Z Donald Hall turned to a philosopher, and his two-line "Poem beginning with a line of Wittgenstein" is an extraordinarily neat upending of the reader's expectations. Poster poems: Licence to steal 2013-02-08T11:22:08Z Instead, Monk accepted an invitation to teach an undergraduate class on Wittgenstein at Southampton and later successfully applied for a lecturer's job there. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z It’s perhaps a measure of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s genius as well as his enigma that the volume of writing about him is almost comically disproportionate to the volume of writing by him. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Ludwig Wittgenstein argues that every group of human beings has its own unique culture and code. Lessons from the ancient philosophers to help improve our lives today 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Wittgenstein, on a dais, would begin to stammer. John Maynard Keynes Can’t Save You Now 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 4, part of a left-hand canon composed for the pianist Paul Wittgenstein, followed, with Leon Fleisher as its soloist. Music Review: The New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-29T20:02:41Z Wittgenstein wrote about this with what looks like staggering foresight in 1930: that in a time of cultural impoverishment, “the strength of the individual is wasted through the overcoming of opposing forces & frictional resistances.” Review: In ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing,’ a Portrait of Souls Snuffed Out 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The war meant that Wittgenstein — and therefore his philosophizing — had changed: “My work has expanded its reach from the foundations of logic to the nature of the world.” Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z One is left, in Wittgenstein’s words, to “wonder at the existence of the world,” which is precisely the opposite of explaining it fully. The Men Who Reinvented Philosophy for Turbulent Times 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z His favourite philosopher was Wittgenstein, and his knowledge about philosophy, art, dance and music was enormous. Franz West loved, above all else, art and its creation 2012-07-27T15:45:12Z The notebooks show the circumstances in which Wittgenstein’s mystical turn toward the end of the “Tractatus” was born — not in an attempt to escape that world, but in a determination to immerse himself in it. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In Cambridge she paid homage at Wittgenstein's grave, to Rimbaud, whose birthday it was, and then gone off to dine at King's. Patti Smith showed me what sacred music is 2013-06-26T10:15:58Z Wittgenstein was from one of the richest families in the Austro-Hungarian Empire — “the habit of polite conversation is so ingrained in me!” — and his revulsion was immediate. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Other historical figures march through the text as well: Wittgenstein, Tesla and Oppenheimer signal the role of accident, failure and fiction in creating history. Review: ‘The Lost Time Accidents’ asks the big questions about where we are 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Cobb is fond of Wittgenstein’s famous remark to the effect that just as every movement of the body isn’t a gesture, every building isn’t architecture. 7 Bryant Park Embraces Its Place in the City 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z When I read the “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus,” which Wittgenstein completed as a German soldier in World War I, I concluded that it established the foundation for rigorous and indisputable claims to knowledge. The Men Who Reinvented Philosophy for Turbulent Times 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z She quickly tumbles into a typical “M Train” reverie about Ludwig Wittgenstein. Patti Smith, Survivor 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z As Wittgenstein wrote, “What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.” “Marnie” Is the Cure for Hitchcock Mania 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z And stylistically, the Capitol drawing follows a series of illustrations Chan made to accompany a new English translation of a children’s book by the terse philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Facing Violence With Brushes and Ballots 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z “There was an inability to do what Wittgenstein talked about in his ‘Philosophical Investigations’: crisscrossing the landscape from many angles, investigating in many different ways.” A Wall Street Giant Makes a $75 Million Bet on Academic Philosophy 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Wittgenstein believed that there are some things that we can’t describe, but that we can show or that we can experience. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z Instead I wrote down a few titles on a napkin—“Suspended Sentences,” “Wittgenstein’s Poker,” “Shantytown,” “Heart of a Dog”—and handed it to him. My Cancelled Detectives 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z A District Court colleague, Judge Manish Shah, remarked in an email that Judge Zagel “could quote Ludwig Wittgenstein and Groucho Marx with an easy charm.” James B. Zagel, U.S. Judge Who Jailed Illinois Governor, Dies at 82 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z In later works, such as Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein concludes that language is verifiable only within its particular context. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z It began as an idea at a kitchen table with his wife, Monica Nagler Wittgenstein, a Swedish journalist and authority on German literature. Gerald Nagler, leading human rights activist since Cold War, dies at 92 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously proposed the idea of a “family resemblance” to think through a persistent philosophical problem, how we know that one thing is like another when no single common feature links them. Review | In Chicago, there’s no unseeing the world Cézanne left us 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Completed in 1931 — a process both interrupted and influenced by Ravel’s “Concerto for the Left Hand” for Paul Wittgenstein — the G Major is a feat on several fronts. Review | Two rising stars light up the National Symphony Orchestra 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Russell, who was Wittgenstein’s mentor and intellectual rival, called his Austrian protege “the most perfect example I have ever known of genius as traditionally conceived.” Bruce Duffy, who explored philosophers’ lives in critically praised debut novel, dies at 70 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Yes, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Feyerabend, who question the viability of “truth,” come to mind. What Is a Question? 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z In the years just after World War II, the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein pondered the paradox of games. Opinion | The Secret Life of a Coronavirus 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Michael Fried, the formalist art historian, served as a witness and gave them a volume of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writings as a gift. Barbara Rose, Critic and Historian of Modern Art, Dies at 84 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius by Ray Monk For anyone studying philosophy, reading Wittgenstein can feel like taking a draught of cool water. Top 10 books about great thinkers 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The book also explored Wittgenstein’s struggles to come to grips with his Jewish ancestry and his attraction to young men, developing deep bonds with some of them. Bruce Duffy, who explored philosophers’ lives in critically praised debut novel, dies at 70 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z A withering Ludwig Wittgenstein reduced Mendelssohn to “a man who is jolly when the people he is with are jolly anyway.” Mendelssohn: Ah, youth! The sheer pleasure of music that gives us hope 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Time of the Magicians by Wolfram Eilenberger Already a bestseller in Germany, this rich group biography of four philosophers – Walter Benjamin, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer – is already attracting attention in the UK. The great escape: 50 brilliant books to transport you this summer 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z One is that I’m never going to finish reading Schreber’s “Memoirs of My Nervous Illness” or Wittgenstein’s “Culture and Value,” so there’s no reason to keep those mind-bending clunkers on my bedside table. The Valet and Drifter Helping Me Get Through Quarantine 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Put another way: what is a “game”? Ludwig Wittgenstein was the first philosopher to address that question. It’s time to stop debating whether a hot dog is a sandwich 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z He appeared on talk shows, lectured on Wittgenstein, and the BBC optioned the novel for a project that never came to fruition. Bruce Duffy, who explored philosophers’ lives in critically praised debut novel, dies at 70 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z In matters of philosophy, he denounced Romanticism, recovered the teachings of Lucretius, and provoked Nietzsche, Mach, James, Hilbert, and Wittgenstein. The Greatest Unknown Intellectual of the 19th Century 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z She liked Ludwig Wittgenstein but found Kierkegaard too dense “and couldn’t imagine myself close reading this stuff.” Transgender YouTube star ContraPoints tries to change alt-right minds 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Among them was the celebrated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. David Thouless, Nobel-winning physicist who explored strange states of matter, dies at 84 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z They read a common list of great books over four years, starting with Homer’s “Iliad” and ending with Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex” and works by the philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger and Plato. Attention, college shoppers. These schools are slashing their prices. 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z He started a novel, which he threw away, before discovering Wittgenstein and writing “The World As I Found It.” Bruce Duffy, who explored philosophers’ lives in critically praised debut novel, dies at 70 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z He’s not read Wittgenstein in some time, but he still returns to the works of the novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett. Bruce Nauman, the Artist’s Artist 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Popper was proud of his strained relationship with his fellow philosophers, including Wittgenstein, with whom he had a run-in in 1946. The Paradox of Karl Popper 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Matmos harnessed the aforementioned squalls of a balloon, the clangs of broken plates, rose stem-driven rhythms and the readings of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein to an audience in the museum’s courtyard. Review: The Broad brings walls of noise in honor of Joseph Beuys, via vicious sets from Matmos, Faust, Pharmakon, EYE and more 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Wittgenstein had a fraught life, but he did not commit suicide like three of his non-philosopher brothers, and he was adored and emulated by his disciples. Why Does Jim Holt Exist? 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z The idea for the novel grew from a few stray facts he learned about Wittgenstein, who was born in 1889, renounced his family’s wealth and, for a 10-year period, gave up the study of philosophy. Bruce Duffy, who explored philosophers’ lives in critically praised debut novel, dies at 70 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z She is an extraordinarily formidable e-mailer, picking apart casual correspondence with the cool ferocity of a world-class logician; it sometimes felt as if Ludwig Wittgenstein was at the other end of the computer. Adrian Piper’s Show at MoMA is the Largest Ever for a Living Artist. Why Hasn’t She Seen It? 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Popper was lecturing at Cambridge when Wittgenstein interrupted to proclaim the “nonexistence of philosophical problems.” The Paradox of Karl Popper 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Wittgenstein writes, “Not how the world is the mystical, but that it is.” Was Wittgenstein a Mystic? 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z At the moment, Wittgenstein is rather badly underrated, not overrated. Why Does Jim Holt Exist? 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Duffy had never visited Austria or Cambridge, England, where Wittgenstein spent much of his life. Bruce Duffy, who explored philosophers’ lives in critically praised debut novel, dies at 70 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “Most scholars agree”, he writes, “that neither Wittgenstein nor Russell ever really understood Gödel’s ideas.” The scientific debates of the Vienna circle 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Popper replied, “Not to threaten visiting lecturers with pokers,” and Wittgenstein stormed out of the room. The Paradox of Karl Popper 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Bertrand Russell, who was fascinated by both Wittgenstein and mysticism, described Wittgenstein as a mystic. Was Wittgenstein a Mystic? 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Which means that philosophers are repeating a lot of the mistakes that were made before Wittgenstein came along. Why Does Jim Holt Exist? 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Other luminaries who regularly or occasionally attended the meetings included Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Kurt Gödel and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Review | Thinking big thoughts about the boundaries of science 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z As Wittgenstein once put it, anything that can be said can be said clearly. It’s time to face the facts about our digital world | John Naughton 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Influenced by philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gass was taken by the aesthetics of language, how a word looked and sounded as opposed to what it meant. Prize-winning experimental author William Gass dies at 93 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The charismatic, reclusive logician Ludwig Wittgenstein was both a revered and a polarizing influence. How Viennese scientists fought the dogma, propaganda and prejudice of the 1930s Fugues, text messages to the dead, imagined outtakes from Wittgenstein, tart mini-operas, fairy tales: Matthews is virtuosic, frantic, and darkly, very darkly, funny. Mai Der Vang’s and Airea D. Matthews’s Striking Débuts 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z By “problems,” the young Wittgenstein meant all the problems of philosophy. Review | Thinking big thoughts about the boundaries of science 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z There is no record of the 20th Century philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, ever tasting a Jaffa Cake, though there is evidence that he was partial towards a bun. Cake or biscuit? Why Jaffa Cakes excite philosophers - BBC News 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The question fascinated Wittgenstein, among others, as to whether the babe in arms and the old man on his deathbed can be the same person. John Banville’s Dublin, a city lost – and found 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Wittgenstein himself refused to engage in their discussions. How Viennese scientists fought the dogma, propaganda and prejudice of the 1930s But it was also a product of philosophy, the restless questioning of Wittgenstein brought to bear on the arena of the visual. Conceptual art: why a bag of rubbish is not just a load of garbage 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z As well as journalism, Kertesz became a translator, converting the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Elias Canetti into his native Hungarian. Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertesz dies at 86 - BBC News 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z “Dogg’s Hamlet” and “Cahoot’s Macbeth” The ReDiscovery Readings series continues with two one-act plays by Tom Stoppard: One pairs Wittgenstein with “Hamlet,” and the other sets “Macbeth” in Soviet Prague. 7:30 p.m. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Feb. 4-10, 2016 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, “to imagine a language means to imagine a form of life”. A dictionary entry citing ‘rabid feminist’ doesn’t just reflect prejudice, it reinforces it | Emer O’Toole 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Novak, though the latter two were probably already fighting about Wittgenstein’s rabbit-duck illusion and the former two about which one will be on Mount Rushmore. The 15-Minutes-of-Famers in 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z It is the true spiritual successor to the Viennese coffee-houses of Wittgenstein and Freud, or the Left Bank bars in which Hemingway and Fitzgerald caroused. Journalists' bad Halloween pseudonyms ruin Twitter for the rest of us | Nicky Woolf 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z The 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously said, “If a lion could talk, we wouldn’t be able to understand it.” Here's What Would Happen If Animals Could Talk 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The great philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that, unless you can express an idea clearly, you don’t really understand it yourself. Every Manager Needs Communicate To Effectively -- Here's How To Do It Better 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Wittgenstein believes that “the meaning of a word is its use in language”. A dictionary entry citing ‘rabid feminist’ doesn’t just reflect prejudice, it reinforces it | Emer O’Toole 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z So when told by his pupil, Elizabeth Anscombe, that it was easy to understand why people thought the sun went round the earth, Wittgenstein asked, "Why would they think that?" What would Wittgenstein say about that dress? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Yet, as Wittgenstein argued decades ago, that position is logically untenable because it assumes that we are able to communicate to ourselves in a private language. Why Communication Is Today's Most Important Skill 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z There are only about 40 pages of Broom here, which Howard notes in his afterword is “a novel of ideas, most of them deriving from the gnomic philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein,” a collegiate favorite of Wallace’s. The Turbulent Genius of David Foster Wallace As the least talented scion of one of Europe’s richest families, Ludwig Wittgenstein was supposed to go into the family business rather than indulge in individual pursuits. How The Future Is Really Built 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z He said we shouldn’t focus on the origin-of-life issue, and paraphrased the philosopher Wittgenstein. Why there are no fish on Saturn’s moon Enceladus 2014-04-07T17:55:17Z To which Wittgenstein replied, "And how would it look if the earth went round the sun?" What would Wittgenstein say about that dress? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Carruthers waded through the Austrian-British philosopher’s thinking for the early part of his career, getting a doctorate from Oxford and publishing books on Wittgenstein along the way. Working Memory and The Movies Streaming In Our Heads 2014-03-29T12:00:22Z Both Flesh and Not collected little-known works like Wallace’s review of David Markson’s Wittgenstein’s Mistress and his take on the “Conspicuously Young” literary stars of the 1980s, whom he accused of “a certain numbing sameness.” The Turbulent Genius of David Foster Wallace Alas fate, in the form of World War I, intervened and Wittgenstein entered the Austrian army. How The Future Is Really Built 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z The new dataset revealed some expected patterns and some surprising ones, says Nikola Sander, a researcher at the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital in Vienna and a co-author of the new study. Global Migrant Flows: An Interactive Map 2014-03-28T12:00:41Z Wittgenstein called this "aspect-switching" since you see one aspect when you notice the long shapes as rabbit's ears, and another when you see them as a duck's bill. What would Wittgenstein say about that dress? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “I just started to move sideways. Having done my Wittgenstein books, I never picked up Wittgenstein again.” Working Memory and The Movies Streaming In Our Heads 2014-03-29T12:00:22Z Interviewed in his office afterwards, Mr Brown allowed himself to veer further off-base, citing Wittgenstein, Matthew Arnold and Buddhism as he explained his governing philosophy. California’s economy: Bark if you don’t like deficits 2014-01-23T15:59:50Z Wittgenstein arrived at Russell’s chambers unexpectedly and unannounced. How The Future Is Really Built 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Crudely put, Wittgenstein held that all putative philosophical problems were merely puzzles caused by linguistic confusion. When philosophers attack! 2013-09-21T00:33:58Z Wittgenstein might cringe, but the audience nods knowingly. Inside NRA University: How the Gun Group Trains Its Activists 2013-08-03T16:35:27Z Photograph: Daniel Luna/AP A true giant of modern thought, Ludwig Wittgenstein believed that all problems in philosophy arise from the misguided use of language. No, Argentina is not a 'cautionary tale' for the eurozone 2013-05-21T11:14:04Z With the Madame d'Agoult and Princess Wittgenstein episodes we are not concerned just now. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Yet despite Wittgenstein’s maddening behavior, Russell continued to work with and mentor the young man. How The Future Is Really Built 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z That version of events was later challenged by an eye-witness and Wittgenstein disciple who accused Popper - in rather unacademic language - of being a liar. When philosophers attack! 2013-09-21T00:33:58Z “Ludwig Wittgenstein,” Reddam replied, and quoted the arcane Austrian thinker: “After all the philosophical problems have been solved, nothing of importance will have been accomplished.” Preakness Stakes 2012: J. Paul Reddam?s philosophy of horse racing 2012-05-14T23:25:57Z So please, colleagues, just stop it, if for no other reason than that Wittgenstein would be furious with you. No, Argentina is not a 'cautionary tale' for the eurozone 2013-05-21T11:14:04Z He also needed court protection when in 1848 he brought to Weimar the runaway wife of Prince Wittgenstein. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Feeling that he had solved the problem of mathematical logic, Wittgenstein disappeared once again to become a grade school teacher in an obscure mountain village. How The Future Is Really Built 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Ludwig Wittgenstein was trying to make this point when he wrote, in typically cryptic fashion, “Not how the world is, is the mystical, but that it is.” Science Will Never Explain Why There's Something Rather Than Nothing 2012-04-23T20:45:33.007Z Warren Buffett isn't Mr. Miller's only intellectual hero; he also reveres philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and William James. The Rise and Fall of a Stock Picker 2011-11-18T14:29:40Z In 1828-1829 he fought under Wittgenstein against the Turks, won an action at Aidos, and signed the treaty of peace at Adrianople. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z After all it was an enforced marriage to a heretic, this odious Wittgenstein union; and then came the desired permission. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z After Princeton, Turing went back to Cambridge and found that Wittgenstein had returned as well. How The Future Is Really Built 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z In pure logic, which, however, will be very briefly discussed in these lectures, I have had the benefit of vitally important discoveries, not yet published, by my friend Mr Ludwig Wittgenstein. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z At Carleton Island, as at Niagara, they refused to work, many of them were accused of selling their necessaries for rum, and the Count de Wittgenstein himself was reprimanded. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z It was undiplomatic; but I had said it to Count Rantzau, to Prince Wittgenstein, to Count Raben-Levitzau, to Prince Waldemar, to the Princes, to other persons, and, I think, at the Foreign Office. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z He was told that Princess Wittgenstein was to marry "her piano player" the next morning. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Prince Wittgenstein, Minister of the Royal House of Prussia, died on the 11th April, at Berlin, at the age of eighty-one. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z We boys saw little of the Wittgensteins, and I remember dining with them only once. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z Developed with theorist Tom Chatfield, responses are compared to those of philosophers including Ludwig Wittgenstein. The tech startup stars 2011-02-06T00:07:06Z Prince von Wittgenstein simply said that it was a pity that the Lusitania carried munitions of war, though they were not high explosives, but he made no excuses. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z In common with the princess he accepted the interruption as a sign from on high, and even when in 1864 Prince Wittgenstein died the marriage idea was not seriously revived. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Following World War I, a disillusioned Ludwig Wittgenstein took great pains to give away his fortune irrevocably, just as armies in the past have burned their boats to make retreat impossible. 'Precommitment' devices as a safeguard against failure 2011-01-29T22:19:00Z As a young philosopher, Miss Anscombe traveled regularly to Cambridge to hear the lectures of Ludwig Wittgenstein, the great Austrian philosopher. Beliefs: Renaissance for Outspoken Catholic Philosopher 2011-01-08T03:10:17Z The influence of Wittgenstein, and his linguistic spin on philosophical questions, became increasingly important in her writing, which dealt scrupulously with the various senses, and pitfalls, of terms like “should,” “would” and “good.” Philippa Foot, Renowned Philosopher, Dies at 90 2010-10-09T20:36:00Z Count Brockdorff-Rantzau hoped to the last that it might be avoided, and Prince Wittgenstein of his Legation, who knew all sides, seemed to believe that a conflict with the United States might yet be avoided. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z The truth is that Madame Wagner had always detested the Princess Wittgenstein and saw in the Weimar lady one of her emissaries. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z I was into Kant and Wittgenstein in college. Sunday Routine | Moby: Moby Unwinds: Smoothies, Tea and Scrabble 2010-03-26T22:57:00Z After Wittgenstein himself, she is most responsible for his fame in the English-speaking world. Beliefs: Renaissance for Outspoken Catholic Philosopher 2011-01-08T03:10:17Z I myself, the man you see before you now, have felt the pulse of Prince Wittgenstein and of Zhukovsky! Fathers and Children Kutusow's army was still far behind, and although Wittgenstein and the Admiral hung on their rear, the French army still inspired sufficient respect to deter them from attacking it in force. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow About eight in the evening Liszt would take himself to the house of the Princess Wittgenstein and sup with her. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z The same afternoon, Victor's van reached Borrissoff somewhat in advance of Wittgenstein, who came up a few hours later, and attacking the former's rear, captured two thousand men. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) The Czar withdrew from interference at headquarters, and Wittgenstein was superseded by General Diebitsch, a trained Prussian soldier. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) After this treaty on March 4 Blücher united with Wittgenstein and Bülow near Soissons. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) The army of Macdonald, that should have joined him, was itself warmly pressed by the forces of Wittgenstein and the garrison of Riga, which had been greatly reinforced. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow And then were there not Liszt and his Princess Wittgenstein at Weimar, and the crew of pupils, courtiers and bohemians who collected at the Altenburg? Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Of Kutusoff's two hundred thousand men only forty thousand remained when he entered Vilna after the Napoleonic forces had left it; Wittgenstein's army had suffered proportionately, and the troops from the Danube still more. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Wittgenstein committed the error of dividing his army into three slender columns. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The steamers had still not arrived, and Gordon asked one of his lieutenants, Prince F. von Wittgenstein, to cross the creek in his boat and report what he saw. The Life of Gordon, Volume I Victor had already come in contact with Wittgenstein and had fought a drawn battle with him, and now moved to join Napoleon at the spot decided upon for the passage of the Berezina, near Studenski. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow This reflects on the Princess Wittgenstein, and Liszt, most chivalric of men, would never have said anything that might present her in the light of pursuing him with matrimonial designs. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z At eight next morning Tchitchagoff attacked Oudinot and Ney—twenty-six thousand men against seventeen thousand; two hours later Wittgenstein, with twenty-five thousand, fell upon Victor, who now had about seven thousand. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) The noise of Wittgenstein's artillery filled it with its echoes. The Two Great Retreats of History Interesting details of the ascent of the Nadar balloon, said to have been narrated by Prince Wittgenstein, are given by the France. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages Victor took up a position to cover the rear, but one of his divisions was cut off by Wittgenstein, and eight thousand men forced to surrender. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow Then it was that the Princess Wittgenstein appears on the scene. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Both he and Wittgenstein unloaded all the blame on Admiral Tchitchagoff, and contemporary opinion sustained them. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) It was Victor's army, which had been feebly driven back by Wittgenstein to the right side of our road, where it remained waiting for us. The Two Great Retreats of History She is, I have been told, very well received in society abroad, and when baptized a Catholic in Rome, two ladies of high position, Countess Cholmondeley and Princess Wittgenstein, offered to stand godmother for her. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua She refused to resubmit the papers; and even, when a few years later, Prince Wittgenstein died and she was free, she regarded marriage with Liszt as opposed by the Divine will. The Loves of Great Composers On the death of the Princess Wittgenstein, the Pope dispensed Liszt from his priestly ties, but he was called the Abbe until his death. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Wittgenstein lost his command, Barclay was fully reinstated as commander-in-chief, and, to gain time for Austria to try her vaunted mediation, a short armistice was proposed to Napoleon. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) At five o'clock, all being ready, and Wittgenstein's vigilance asleep, Saint-Cyr gave the signal: his artillery immediately began firing, and his columns rushed forward. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 He enjoyed prominence in Government circles, and Prince Wittgenstein was passionately fond of his company. The Haskalah Movement in Russia Liszt and his great friend, Countess Wittgenstein, studied out the work together, and both wrote glowing letters to the composer of the deep effect his music made upon them. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians I do, and I tell you there's no infantry in France can stand against Rooshian infantry, and no general of Boney's that's fit to hold a candle to Wittgenstein. Vanity Fair The first Russian army, seventeen thousand strong, under Wittgenstein, pushed forward to Magdeburg, and, at Mokern, repulsed forty thousand French, who were advancing upon Berlin. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 He seconded the attack of Wittgenstein during that night as little as Wittgenstein had seconded his the day before. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 And Macdonald, like the Scotchman and the Frenchman that he was, turned at a critical moment and rent Wittgenstein. Barlasch of the Guard Wittgenstein and Kutusoff had not yet had time to unite and did not sufficiently press the French. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 The emperor resolved to march immediately towards Vilna, still intending to make an attack upon Admiral Tchitchakoff, and entrusting the leaders of his left wing with the duty of at last defeating Wittgenstein. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France Prince Wittgenstein addressed the spot and whispered in his most seductive tones, "Dear spirit, will you not manifest yourself?" In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Wittgenstein's force was gaining strength by recruits and fresh corps which he was daily receiving, and by the gradual diminution of that of Saint Cyr. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 On his heels was Wittgenstein, in touch with St. Petersburg and the Emperor Alexander, communicating with Kutusoff at Vilna. Barlasch of the Guard And this terrible conflict among the masses having lasted all day, far from diminishing, it became more horrible with the progress of the battle between Victor and Wittgenstein. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 Should the bridge fall into the hands of Admiral Tchitchakoff, the army would be blockaded behind the Berezina, or compelled to ascend to its source at the risk of being attacked by Count Wittgenstein. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France Prince Wittgenstein commenced the same inquiries, whether the company was now congenial; but it seemed that Princess de Croy was de trop, and she was also obliged to leave the room. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Wittgenstein's determination to carry this point lasted as long as it was daylight. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Later on, I had the opportunity of describing in detail the impressions I received at this time in a letter which I wrote to Marie von Wittgenstein, which was afterwards published. My Life — Volume 2 Wittgenstein, who with 3 thousand men had followed the corps of Victor, was behind the latter between Borisow and Studianka, and ready with all his might to throw Victor into the Beresina. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 Scarcely had the new troops arrived at Smolensk, according to the emperor's order, than they found themselves obliged to go to the assistance of our left wing, which was threatened by Count Wittgenstein. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France Prince Wittgenstein found her, and, wishing to convert his wife, could think of no better way than to let her see Miss Cook materialize. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters It was in vain that Saint Cyr then weakened his force by three regiments, which he dispatched to the other side to meet Steingell, and whose march he contrived to conceal from Wittgenstein's observation. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Liszt told me that he was expecting a visit from his friend Caroline von Wittgenstein and her young daughter Marie the next day. My Life — Volume 2 Not less than 18 thousand Russians were sick in Wilna; Kutusoff's army was reduced to 35 thousand men, that of Wittgenstein from 50 thousand to 15 thousand. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 Victor was to check Wittgenstein, so as to give the great army time to cross the river. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France Prince Wittgenstein promised to show us some wonderful manifestations from spiritland. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The officers who gave us these details added, that ever since that time Wittgenstein seemed to think of nothing but retaking Witepsk, and keeping on the defensive. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 She left me at the beginning of September, and wrote to me about her stay in Weimar, where the Princess Wittgenstein had received her with the greatest hospitality at Altenburg Castle. My Life — Volume 2 Eugene Wittgenstein has sent me your medallion, which has given me great pleasure. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 On the left, Marshal Oudinot, hurt at the emperor severely blaming him because when victorious he took the position of the conquered, had advanced against Count Wittgenstein, although the Russians would not accept battle. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France This was very depressing; even Prince Wittgenstein was utterly discouraged and decided to break up the séance, and, groping his way to the nearest lamp, turned it up. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Irritated only at the prudence of Marshal Victor, he repeated his orders to him to attack Wittgenstein, and thereby remove the danger which menaced his retreat. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 And this was exactly typical of my relations to Liszt and to his friend Caroline Wittgenstein! My Life — Volume 2 Remember me, as one cordially devoted to her, to Princess Wittgenstein, and thank her in my name if she should think of me now and then. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 I was, however, a prisoner at General Wittgenstein's. Napoleon and Blucher Prince Wittgenstein was credulous enough to pander to this modest wish, and hung up the desired ring, hoping Katie King would return it when she was in the flesh. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Wittgenstein, elated by this easy success, pushed it beyond all bounds. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Princess Wittgenstein is still very suffering, and has kept her bed entirely for six weeks; your company and the inspirations of your solicitude will do her more good than all the Allo-and Homoeopaths put together. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End To Princees Wittgenstein, who has delighted me with a very friendly letter, I ask you to express my best thanks for her kindness. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 "Prince Wittgenstein, of course, gave you immediate permission to pass through his camp, did he not?" Napoleon and Blucher To find out who the uncongenial person was, every one asked, in turn, "Is it I?" until Princess Wittgenstein put the question, upon which came a vigorous single knock. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The attack of Wittgenstein was furious and obstinate; it failed; but he retained his offensive position, and Marshal Oudinot had been wounded. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Your very devoted servant, F. Liszt Weymar, December. 14th, 1855 The Princess Wittgenstein is much pleased with your remembrance, and would be delighted to have the opportunity of thanking you personally. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso Remember me and my wife cordially to Princess Wittgenstein, and be assured at all times of my enthusiastic recognition of your rare and beautiful nature. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 Go to the Russian headquarters, and call upon Prince Wittgenstein. Napoleon and Blucher Prince Wittgenstein thought it silly of her to have so little confidence. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters During the two succeeding months, up to the 18th of October, Wittgenstein kept at a respectful distance. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 I add a few lines for the young Prince Eugene Wittgenstein, with whom you will easily have pleasant relations; he is an impassioned musician, and is remarkably gifted with artistic qualities. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso After the junction with the army of the brilliant admiral and Petersburg hero Wittgenstein, this mood and the gossip of the staff reached their maximum. War and Peace I presume, therefore, that you will be with Wittgenstein before Natzmer reaches him. Napoleon and Blucher "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world," Wittgenstein promulgated. The Civilization of Illiteracy On his march, Wittgenstein had a view, from the right bank, of Druïa, and a vanguard of French cavalry, which occupied that town with too negligent a security. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Wittgenstein then found himself in the middle of a group fighting for the possession of his person. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Afterwards, while serving with Wittgenstein's army, he assisted in negotiating the famous convention of Tauroggen with York. On War — Volume 1 General Wittgenstein knows it; he has often seen it on my finger, and he is familiar with my coat-of-arms. Napoleon and Blucher With the exception of Wittgenstein, nobody really seems to have been bothered by the ability people have to make words mean many things. The Civilization of Illiteracy After this, Wittgenstein recalled his people to the right bank, and pursued his way with his prisoners, among whom was a French general. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Others again, thought that, having once surrendered, Wittgenstein should not have tried to escape. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Wittgenstein and Tchitchakof were jealous of each other, but they detested us still more; hatred, and not friendship, was their bond of union. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 "I will give you two horses for him, provided you arrive sooner than Major Natzmer at the headquarters of Prince Wittgenstein, commander- in-chief of the Russian troops!" Napoleon and Blucher The "network of recurrent conversations," to use Winograd's terminology again, or the "language game" that Wittgenstein attributed to each profession, hides behind the front of literacy and thus burdens education. The Civilization of Illiteracy At sight of this, loud shouts of joy burst out from the whole of Wittgenstein's line; but that officer still remained immoveable. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 This angered General Wittgenstein, who attributed the hold-up to his officers not having distinguished between the stronger and weaker of our defence works, and wishing to inspect them himself, he boldly approached them. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Meantime Victor, with six thousand men, was defending them against Wittgenstein. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 All I ask of you is to inform Prince Wittgenstein that you are the bearer of two dispatches. Napoleon and Blucher Wittgenstein did not show himself upon the heights until an hour after Eblé's departure, and, without having gained a victory, reaped all the fruits of one. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Irritated at the intelligence, he sent orders to the Duke of Belluno immediately to drive Wittgenstein behind the Düna, as the safety of the army depended upon it. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Wittgenstein, who was unaware of this union, relying on his superiority in numbers, had decided to attack us at a place where his line of retreat would be through some narrow defiles. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot But after passing Smolensk, Platof passed over to the right flank of the road, in order to join Wittgenstein. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 "I shall inform Prince Wittgenstein of the contents of my dispatches." Napoleon and Blucher The noise of Wittgenstein's artillery filled it with its echo. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 In consequence of these checks, and of hunger, and disease, the strength of Saint Cyr's army was diminished one half, while that of Wittgenstein had been more than doubled by the arrival of recruits. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Several thousand unfortunates left at Studianka fell into the hands of Wittgenstein. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot It was Victor's army, which had been feebly driven back by Wittgenstein to the right side of our road, where it remained waiting for the Emperor to pass by. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 The Russian generals, Prince Wittgenstein and General Diebitsch, were sending one messenger after another to York and informing him of the dangers of his position, surrounded on all sides by Russian troops. Napoleon and Blucher By taking that direction, Napoleon would not only escape Wittgenstein, but he might retake Minsk, and form a junction with Schwartzenberg. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 That Swiss general described the position of Wittgenstein as a series of long defiles, in which his resistance might be either obstinate or flexible, but in either way sufficiently long to consummate our destruction. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Wittgenstein had noticed this and he allowed the bulk of the French force to draw ahead. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Wittgenstein and Platof, with forty thousand Russians of the armies of the north and east, attacked the heights on the left bank, which Victor, with his small force, defended. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Do you believe that General d'Anvray's letter is sincere, and that Wittgenstein's troops will be on the Niemen on the 31st of December? Napoleon and Blucher Of Wittgenstein's fifty thousand, scarcely fifteen thousand remained. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Seven times did Wittgenstein believe himself the conqueror; Saint Cyr finally wore him out. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Regardless of these circumstances they held off Koutousoff and Wittgenstein for the whole day. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Napoleon interrogated him; the general declared "that he saw no means of escape but through the middle of Wittgenstein's army." History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 "Very well," said the king, after a brief reflection, "I will write such a letter to Alexander, and Natzmer shall himself take it after previously seeing Murat, Wittgenstein, and York." Napoleon and Blucher In this situation, a flag of truce came, in the name of Wittgenstein and fifty thousand men, to order the French to surrender. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 The news of this engagement soon reached the army of Wittgenstein, where it excited the greatest joy, while it carried dismay into the French camp. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 After this swift raid, Wittgenstein recalled his troops and continued his march up the Dvina. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Night came on before Wittgenstein's forty thousand men had made any impression on the six thousand of the Duke of Belluno. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 This fact, and the calamity which had fallen upon Partouneaux's division, sufficiently explain the frightful diminution of Victor's corps, and yet that marshal kept Wittgenstein in check during the whole of that day, the 28th. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 But Wittgenstein left Platof to pursue the French army along the high road, and directed his own march more to the right. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 As chance would have it, Wittgenstein, at the same moment, was marching from Osweïa to Yakoubowo; the hostile armies unexpectedly met each other in front of that village. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 When he heard this news, Saint-Cyr determined to strike at Wittgenstein before the arrival of the expected reinforcements. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot This man, who was highly intelligent, learned by chatting to Wittgenstein's soldiers that they were expecting a large body of troops. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Both our own and the Russian Cuirassiers were advancing to join in when Wittgenstein, seeing his infantry beaten and hard pressed by ours, sent word to his cavalry to retire. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot One might have thought that Oudinot and Wittgenstein were playing a game of prisoner's base, advancing and retreating by turn. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot We learned from them, that Wittgenstein was marching with all his forces to attack and destroy our bridges over the Düna. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 However at this point Steinghel, who had only to make a little effort to reach the bridges, stopped short, while on the other side of the river Wittgenstein did the same. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Wittgenstein's cavalry had, however, enjoyed a considerable success, for they had captured, in the French rear, some thousand men and some of our equipment, amongst other things all our mobile forges. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot It is a method which has often produced good results for the Russians; so General Wittgenstein had prepared this welcome for us. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Oudinot, who had probably misunderstood the Emperor's orders, took the unusual step of going down the left bank of the river, while Wittgenstein and his men were going up the river on the other side. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot As to Wittgenstein, he tranquilly took up his first position at Osweïa. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Some maintained that Major Curély should have killed Wittgenstein as soon as his escort returned to fight for his rescue, others thought that having accepted his surrender, Curély was not entitled to do so. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot After several days rest Wittgenstein led part of his troops towards the lower Dvina, from where Macdonald was threatening his right. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Wittgenstein, however, on leaving Dvinaburg, had left behind a strong garrison with numerous pieces of artillery. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot It is perhaps surprising that Wittgenstein should have entrusted the command of his advance guard to Koulnieff, of whose intemperate habits he must have been aware. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Wittgenstein allowed himself to be kept in check during the time that the former required for his passage. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 So as soon as Oudinot took command of the 2nd Corps, Victor, rather than remaining under his authority to join in combating Wittgenstein, took himself off with his 25,000 men to Kokhanov. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot He arrived opposite Dvinaburg, an old walled town whose fortifications were in bad repair, where he hoped to capture the bridge and, having crossed to the other bank, to attack Wittgenstein from the rear. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot |
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