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The World as I Found It

THE WORLD AS I FOUND IT centers around Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most powerfully magnetic philosophers of our time—brilliant, tortured, mercurial, forging his own solitary path while leaving a permanent mark on all around him.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 558 pages

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