{"product_id":"ludwig-wittgenstein-philosophy-in-the-age-of-airplanes-9780300180473","title":"Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosophy is a \"battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.\" This audacious idea changed the way many of its practitioners saw their subject. In the first biography of Wittgenstein in more than three decades, Anthony Gottlieb evaluates this revolutionary idea, explaining the evolution of Wittgenstein's thought and his place in the history of philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWittgenstein was born into an immensely rich Viennese family but yearned to live a simple life, and he gave away his inheritance. After studying with Bertrand Russell in Cambridge, he wrote his famous \u003cem\u003eTractatus Logico-Philosophicus\u003c\/em\u003e while serving in World War I. He then took several positions as a primary-school teacher in rural Austria before returning as a fellow to Cambridge, where a cultlike following developed around him. Wittgenstein worked not only as a philosopher and schoolteacher, but also as an aeronautical engineer in Manchester and as an architect in Vienna. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGottlieb's meticulously researched book traces the itinerant and troubled life of Wittgenstein, the development of his influential ideas, and the Viennese intellectual milieu and family background that shaped him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780300180473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21(H)x14.6(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Gottlieb\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, book critic, and former executive editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e“In this short and compelling book, Gottlieb allows us to see Wittgenstein warts and all, and to follow the arc of his life and thought.”—Nigel Warburton, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gottlieb . . . aims for a human biography where the ideas are kept firmly in their place. . . . Precisely because it doesn’t try to say everything, [it] illuminates everything it touches.”—Nikhil Krishnan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gottlieb, in his rich portrait of his subject’s thought and milieu, rendered in exquisite prose, also captures a mystical side to the Austrian thinker.”—Alex Dean, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An engrossing biography [that] focuses on what is most essential and interesting in the philosopher’s work and life. . . . Mr. Gottlieb comes well-equipped for the task. There is no flab in his prose. It is rare to find a book that you can open at random and almost always find something that piques your interest.”—Julian Baggini, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A lucid, brilliant biography and explanation of the man and his thinking, . . . [a book] as startling as the philosophy.”—Bryan Appleyard, \u003ci\u003eEngelsberg Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Very clear and lively and interesting.”—Nigel Warburton, \u003ci\u003eFive Books\u003c\/i\u003e, “Best Philosophy Books of 2025”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gottlieb does something that has certainly not been done before: he illustrates not only the extent to which Wittgenstein’s extraordinary character affected the manner of his philosophising, but also the extent to which that extraordinary character emerged naturally from the cultural contradictions of his extraordinary family.”—Oliver Letwin, \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brisk and insightful.”—Tom Clark, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An entertaining and beautifully written fresh new look at one of the major personalities of philosophy.”—A. C. Grayling, author of \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With philosophical sophistication and writerly grace, Anthony Gottlieb crafts a narrative rich with historical and intellectual detail and subtlety. But though the vistas can be broad, the result is an intimate portrait of a thinker who redefined the boundaries of philosophy.”—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The outline of Wittgenstein’s life is well known. But he remains enigmatic, and in this book Anthony Gottlieb casts valuable new light on the role of his family, and of his wider intellectual and musical environment, in fashioning the strange and contradictory genius he became.”—Simon Blackburn, author of \u003ci\u003eThink: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I read everything by Anthony Gottlieb for his clarity of mind, engaging style, erudition, and—most of all—his contagious love of philosophy. 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