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Ludwig Wittgenstein

• Born: April 26, (Vienna, Austria)
• Died: April 29, (Cambridge, England)

Biography

Ludwig Wittgenstein was born in Vienna, Austria, in His father, Karl Wittgenstein, was one of the richest men in Europe and a demanding figure with high expectations for his children.

3 of Ludwig&#;s brothers &#; Hans, Rudolf, and Kurt &#; died by suicide before age

Wittgenstein initially studied aeronautical engineering at the University of Manchester but, while there, became interested in the philosophy of mathematics, which led him to study under Bertrand Russell at Cambridge University in

After the outbreak of World War I, Wittgenstein joined the Austro-Hungarian army in August It was during this time as a soldier that he wrote his first major philosophical work, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

After the war, Wittgenstein gave away his inheritance, worked as a teacher in rural Austria, and later returned to Cambridge Uni