Logical-Philosophical Treatise

In 2021, a hundred years have passed since the first publication of a work that largely defined the development of European and world philosophy of the 20th century, — «Logical-Philosophical Treatise» by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951). However, with the publication of... the «Treatise», the eccentric young scholar from Vienna, Ludwig Wittgenstein, did not achieve worldwide fame: in fact, his ideas spread much later. By the second half of the 20th century, a genuine cult began to form around Wittgenstein's work, the study of his text entered university programs in modern philosophy, and acquaintance with it became obligatory for a thinking person. The «Treatise» overshadowed Wittgenstein's later works published posthumously, successfully crossed the centenary mark of its cultural existence, and judging by the number of reprints in different languages, it is destined to be an undeniable and eternally relevant classic. This edition offers readers a new annotated translation of the treatise, timed to coincide with the centenary of Wittgenstein's epoch-making work. For the first time in the publication of the «Treatise» in Russian, the author's structure is presented not linearly, but in the form of a logical tree, as intended by the author. The Appendix offers readers a selection of excerpts from the works of several authors who belong to the number of precursors of modern cognitive science.