The rest is silence: Jonathan Wooding on the moral philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

‘He was more like the rabbi who will not utter the name of God.’

‘There’s lucidity, love of wisdom, and the advocacy of silence.’ | Photo: Portrait of Ludwig Wittgenstein by Ben Richards (1947)

George Fox’s Journal played a not-insignificant part in the life and work of one of the twentieth century’s greatest philosophers, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951). He kept a copy with him for many years, even giving one as a gift to a fellow philosopher.

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