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Wittgenstein

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Witt·gen·stein  (vtgn-shtn, -stn), Ludwig 1889-1951.
Austrian philosopher who taught in England and who had a major influence on 20th-century philosophy. His main works, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) and Philosophical Investigations (1953), explore the relation between language and the world.

Wittgenstein [ˈvɪtgənˌʃtaɪn -ˌstaɪn]
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(Biographies / Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johann (1889-1951) M, Britishnational of birth: Austrian, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Ludwig Josef Johann (ˈluːtvɪç ˈjoːzɛf joˈhan). 1889- 1951, British philosopher, born in Austria. After studying with Bertrand Russell, he wrote the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921), which explores the relationship of language to the world. He was a major influence on logical positivism but later repudiated this, and in Philosophical Investigations (1953) he argues that philosophical problems arise from insufficient attention to the variety of natural language use
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Noun1.WittgensteinWittgenstein - British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951)


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There are three hundred thousand Rooshians, I tell you, now entering France by Mayence and the Rhine--three hundred thousand under Wittgenstein and Barclay de Tolly, my poor love.
The second broadsheet stated that our headquarters were at Vyazma, that Count Wittgenstein had defeated the French, but that as many of the inhabitants of Moscow wished to be armed, weapons were ready for them at the arsenal: sabers, pistols, and muskets which could be had at a low price.
Insensibly this mass of almost annihilated beings became so compact, so deaf, so torpid, so happy perhaps, that Marechal Victor, who had been their heroic defender by holding twenty thousand Russians under Wittgenstein at bay, was forced to open a passage by main force through this forest of men in order to cross the Beresina with five thousand gallant fellows whom he was taking to the emperor.
 
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