Hadot's later Wittgenstein: A critique.
Pierre Hadot is best known as a historian of ancient philosophy and for advocating the relevance of ancient thinking for contemporary lives. What is less well known is that he was one of the first French philosophers to take a serious interest in the work of Wittgenstein, publishing between 1959 and...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Investigations Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 178 - 204 |
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Apr2024
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