tractatus

I foråret 2022 kunne Blå Tirsdag i Nordisk Kaffebar præsentere instituttets writer in residence, lyrikeren Signe Gjessing, i samtale med lektor Sophie Wennerscheid. Arrangementet bød også på oplæsning af digtet Tractatus Philosophico-Poeticus, en genskrivning af Ludwig Wittgensteins Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus fra 1922, og et udvalg af nyere digte. Lektor Johnny Kondrup introducerede arrangementet.

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This episode tells the life story of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Regarded as the most important philosopher since Kant, Wittgenstein set out to solve all the major problems of philosophy, stating that these arise from misunderstandings of the logic of language. But who was Wittgenstein as a person? Part of a cultured and talented family, Ludwig was however, always uncomfortable in his own skin, contemplating suicide every day of his life. Disliked by some, admired by many, this brilliant man would spend his whole life preoccupied with philosophical problems.

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