Frank Burr
Biographic Data
| ID | 9237657 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank Burr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank |
| FAMILY NAME | Burr |
| SIGNATURE | BURR F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
In the Beginning Was the Redeeming Word
This article discusses the influence of Leo Tolstoy on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s early philosophy. In particular, we elucidate the influence that Wittgenstein’s reading of Tolstoy’s Gospel in Brief had on the genesis of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, in inspiration, structure, and content. Central to our account is the idea of ‘the redeeming word (das erlösende Wort)’, which Wittgenstein sought in ‘liberating’ us from the problems of philosophy,…
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In the Beginning Was the Redeeming Word
This article discusses the influence of Leo Tolstoy on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s early philosophy. In particular, we elucidate the influence that Wittgenstein’s reading of Tolstoy’s Gospel in Brief had on the genesis of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, in inspiration, structure, and content. Central to our account is the idea of ‘the redeeming word (das erlösende Wort)’, which Wittgenstein sought in ‘liberating’ us from the problems of philosophy,…
Gospel (1 works) · Interpretation (philosophy) (1 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (1 works) · Reading (process) (1 works) · Samuel Beckett and Modernism (1 works) · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (1 works) · Word (group theory) (1 works)