Wittgenstein, the Man Who Ended Philosophy Twice

The richest heir in Vienna gave everything away and kept only the hardest questions ever asked about language. Ludwig Wittgenstein was born into one of the wealthiest families in Europe and died telling his friends he had lived wonderfully, though almost nothing in between looks like happiness. This episode follows the whole arc: the palace in Vienna and the family tragedies, the flight from engineering into logic, the masterpiece written in the trenches of the First World War, and the lost decade he spent teaching village children after declaring philosophy finished. Then the return, the quiet unraveling of his own system, the language games and the forms of life, the beetle in the box, the duck and the rabbit, and the riverbed of certainty he was still mapping two days before the end. Along the way come Russell and Frege, the Vienna Circle's great misreading, Turing arguing about falling bridges, a disputed fireplace poker, and the deathbed sentence that frames it all. Serious philosophy, told slowly and clearly, for listeners who want real ideas as they drift off. Please listen only in safe, restful contexts. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Becoming a member keeps these episodes coming and unlocks the members only library of exclusive book summary episodes, where we take a great book and lay it out clearly, one at a time. To join, tap the Join button next to Subscribe. And if you would like more of these, a like and a subscribe genuinely help the next person find us. Vote on what comes next: https://www.sleepyphilosophyradio.com... CHAPTERS 0:00 Chapter 1: A Wonderful Life 16:00 Chapter 2: The Paradox That Broke Logic 23:00 Chapter 3: The Book in the Rucksack 33:00 Chapter 4: A Picture of the World 46:00 Chapter 5: What Cannot Be Said 57:00 Chapter 6: The End of Philosophy 1:03:00 Chapter 7: The Lost Decade 1:12:00 Chapter 8: The Great Misreading 1:19:00 Chapter 9: The Return 1:32:00 Chapter 10: Philosophy as Therapy 1:41:00 Chapter 11: Language Games 1:55:00 Chapter 12: Following the Rule 2:05:00 Chapter 13: The Beetle in the Box 2:18:00 Chapter 14: The Duck and the Rabbit 2:25:00 Chapter 15: The Inner and the Outer 2:35:00 Chapter 16: The Ceremonial Animal 2:42:00 Chapter 17: Inventing Mathematics 2:52:00 Chapter 18: The Riverbed 3:05:00 Chapter 19: The Walls of the Cage 3:14:00 Chapter 20: The Poker and the Confession 3:22:00 Chapter 21: The Album 3:30:00 Chapter 22: Light in the Darkness ABOUT THE CHANNEL Sleepy Philosophy Radio makes longform, carefully researched philosophy written as a serious essay and paced for rest. All research and writing is done personally. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. #Wittgenstein #Philosophy #PhilosophyForSleep #SleepStory #LanguageGames