num_pages: 195
description: Peter Winch's translation of Wittgenstein's remarks on culture &amp; value presents all entries chronologically, with the German text alongside the English &amp; a subject index for reference. "It was Wittgenstein's habit to record his thoughts in sequences of more or less closely related 'remarks' which he kept in notebooks throughout his life. The editor of this collection has gone through these notebooks in order to select those 'remarks' which deal with Wittgenstein's views about the less technical issues in his philosophy. So here we have Wittgenstein's thoughts about religion, music, architecture, the nature of philosophy, the spirit of our times, genius, being Jewish &amp; so on. The work is a masterpiece by a mastermind."—Leonard Linsky
language: English
title: Culture and Value
titlecomplete: Culture and Value
genres: Language, Cultural, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, German Literature, Essays, Nonfiction, Theory, Art
ratings_count: 1753
publisher: University of Chicago Press