Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher born into one of the wealthiest families in Europe. He gave away his entire inheritance, served as a soldier in World War I, worked as a village schoolteacher and a hospital porter, and designed a house for his sister—all while producing two of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. He studied under Bertrand Russell at Cambridge and later returned there as a professor, though he encouraged his best students to leave academia. This author hub collects 2 works in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.