Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius

Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one.--The Christian Science Monitor.

Author: Ray Monk
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 11/01/1991
Pages: 704
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.60d
ISBN13: 9780140159950
ISBN10: 0140159959
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Modern
- Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers
- Philosophy | Logic

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.