Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius

Ray Monk's acclaimed biography examines Ludwig Wittgenstein's life alongside the development of his philosophy. Drawing on his relationships with figures such as Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and John Maynard Keynes, Monk places Wittgenstein's intellectual work within the personal and cultural circumstances that shaped it. The biography follows his transformation from the author of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.