Excerpt from A Study in Wittgenstein's TractatusThis study in Wittgenstein's Tractatus is substantially as it was written in 1933. By the time I had finished my study, the importance of the Tractatus in philosophical circles was on the wane, probably because Of Wittgenstein's deprecating atti tude toward his own book. But the recent revival of interest in the Tractatus leads me now to think that the essay may be of interest to contemporary philosophers, and so I have de cided to publish it.Strangely, no book in English dealt exclusively with the Tractatus until 1959, when Miss G. E. M. Anscombe brought out her Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus, largely con cerned with logical details of the Tractatus and especially valuable, I think, because it shows the essential connections of Wittgenstein with Frege, Russell, and Ramsey. Another book, Wittgenstein's Tractatus, by E. Stenius, has lately been announced for publication, and there are rumors Of still Others on the way. It is unfortunate that Friedrich Waismann, who was so close to Wittgenstein shortly after the Tractatus was finished, has not published his book, though it was announced about thirty years ago.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.