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War does not determine who is right - only who is left' Bertrand RussellA fascinating and engaging introduction to one of the modern age's undisputed giants.

Die beste Wittgenstein-Biographie: überarbeitet und neu aufgelegt Aus der minutiösen Recherche, aus vielen Korrespondenzen und Tagebüchern entsteht das Leben des Philosophen, wie man es so nicht kannte - keine Kultfigur, sondern ein Mensch, der sich einer permanenten Selbstprüfung unterwarf. Durch einzigartiges erzählerisches Geschick fesselt Ray Monk von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite. Er schuf damit die beste Wittgenstein- Biographie über...

Come scrive Michele Ranchetti nella prefazione a questa biografia, "... è difficile trovare nella storia delle grandi vite di filosofi, di musicisti, di scrittori, di artisti, una vita che sia stata fatta coincidere con un esercizio così assoluto della ricerca della perfezione". Ray Monk affronta in questo libro i drammi intellettuali ed umani di Wittgenstein, come la sua lacerata omosessualità, ricomponendo in un racconto scorrevole e vivace ...

Affermava Wittgenstein: "La filosofia dovrebbe essere scritta come una composizione poetica". E in effetti egli affrontava gli argomenti tipici della filosofia analitica (la natura della logica, i limiti del linguaggio, l'analisi del significato) con uno stile poetico del tutto peculiare che, oltre a distinguerlo in maniera inequivocabile, rende particolarmente pertinente, se non inevitabile la domanda: come leggere Wittgenstein? Secondo Ray M...

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

A biography of Oppenheimer, the man who oversaw the invention of the first atomic bomb. His attempts to resist the escalation of the Cold War arms race set him on a collision course with Senator Joseph McCarthy. Now in paperback.

In this biography of Wittgenstein, the author interleaves the philosophical and emotional aspects of his subject's life.

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Robert Oppenheimer è tra le figure più geniali e controverse del XX secolo. Come direttore del Laboratorio di Los Alamos, supervisione l'operazione, riuscita, per battere i nazisti nella corsa allo sviluppo della prima bomba atomica, una svolta destinata ad avere eterne conseguenze sul genere umano e a rendere Oppenheimer il padre della bomba atomica. Ma con il suo operato Oppenheimer si mise anche in rotta di collisione con il senatore Joseph...

Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In lucid, accessible language, these books explain essential topics such as Wittgenstein's determination to insist on the integrity and the autonomy of non...

In the second half of his life, Bertrand Russell transformed himself from a major philosopher, whose work was intelligible to a small elite, into a political activist and popular writer, known to millions throughout the world. Yet his life is the tragic story of a man who believed in a modern, rational approach to life and who, though his ideas guided popular opinion throughout the twentieth century, lost everything. Russell's views on marriag...

From the author of Ludwig Wittegenstein: The Duty of Genius comes a compelling biography of Bertrand Russell, the acclaimed philosopher of the twentieth century and the ingenious author of Principia Mathematica. Over the course of his life, Bertrand Russell grew from a major philosopher into a political activist and popular writer whose name was known around the world. A man who believed in a modern, rational approach to life and was able to g...

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