Wittgenstein: A Wonderful Life (1989)

[@Exurb1a]

"My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed." Ludwig, we miss you

[@petervanderputten]

"I wish to God that I were more intelligent and everything would finally become clear to me - or else that I needn’t live much longer."

[@iainlynn1282]

You probably don't want to hear this, but I'm a massive fan, how nice to find you here

[@suscrieforsubscribing1146]

lol dude why are u here

[@louistracy6964]

Love this quote.

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

You could have met him down at the local lavatory. Keynes also.

[@mitscientifica1569]

“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein

[@charlescawley9923]

Pity his works were utterly humourless.

[@1210CM]

Good old Wittgenstein, the man who knew that true philosophy is not about mental gymnastics but rather about the elevation of the human mind to such a sublime level of consciousness at which all philosophical questions, without exception, dissipate into thin air.

[@kagame6524]

Greatly put!

[@juvenalhahne7750]

Não sei nada de Wittgenstein que não me faça, assustado, evita-lo. Parece-me tão obscuro que sinto ser incapaz de compreende-lo. Mas se for como você diz que, para ele, a verdadeira filosofia objetiva a elevação da consciência acima da ginástica mental, assim dissolvendo-a no ar... quero sim saber dele!

[@cerdic6586]

Sounds suspiciously spiritual

[@hamza5106]

@@cerdic6586 Perhaps treating anything spiritual with suspicion is the problem my friend...

[@cerdic6586]

@@hamza5106 Perhaps believing verbose and obscurantist language is your problem, my friend....

[@peterhagen8908]

Perhaps the most important thought in my life : "What you can't talk about - you must keep silent about it" Thanks - Herr Ludwig.

[@scoon2117]

He also said the uncomfortable ideas must be met with humor.

[@charlescawley9923]

And, of course, you are told what you are not allowed to talk about. Ethics and morality, for instance. Oh, Wittgenstein said, 'they are transcendental'. He was a fraud.

[@charlescawley9923]

Like err, Ethics and morality? W cornered on this declared they are transcendental following the popular device: 'if in doubt, define it out'. Meanwhile, the World burns.

[@colinfolan]

I am from Connemara in the west of Ireland. Ludwig leased a house there for 9 months in the end of nowhere. Its called Rossroe Pier. I go there for years to relax, walk and view. I didnt know anything about him before. But I can see what awakened him. There is a plaque dedicated to him on the outside of the house, I think it was 1951. I know the son of the man that rented the bungalow to him, and the orders of Ludwig was to burn all his writings on departure. And he did, 12 boxes burned.

[@ChristopherSykesDocumentaries]

Wow. Great story...

[@timothygervais9036]

Thank you for sharing this story.

[@katella]

Imagine what those papers would be worth now.

[@chihtsunglam5288]

I read philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge from 82-85. This brought back so many memories. Wittgenstein is an incredibly difficult thinker to do a documentary on, but I thought this film got it just right. It got to the essence of his philosophy while giving a sense of the man and the people around him. Five stars!

[@chrisbronson5341]

Yeah ...probably while you meditated on buttered hot crumpet drippings..

[@The-Man23]

How to get into Cambridge pls help

[@oscarwilde5473]

@@chrisbronson5341 ... Withnail, or I ... ?? ... 🤗 ...

[@Brascofarian]

@@oscarwilde5473 Why "or"?

[@oscarwilde5473]

@@Brascofarian ... the quiet introspective empath, "or" the sociopathic narcissist ... 🫣 ... : - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWe1apmPbdGZfdE

[@mrfreedom2046]

I first saw this Documentary in 1989 , and it was a contributory factor in eventually quitting my job to go to University to Study Philosophy. I brought the VHS tape to Ray Monk , who had just started lecturing at Southampton Uni, Ray had just published ‘The duty of Genius’ . The video was shown in one of his classes. Ray was a bit bemused at the inclusion of the Engineer, and lock picking of Wittgenstein’s truck . I thought it encapsulates W’s Philosophy succinctly .

[@StefanTravis]

This documentary was my introduction to Wittgenstein. I was 17, and caught it by accident. When I got to university, the first batch of books I checked out of the library were his. My first philosophical crush :-).

[@1wakuralain]

Why ever move on?

[@quinto34]

why limit yourself?

[@pendejo6466]

Why ask why?

[@TheSwiftMonster]

Is why a question worth asking?

[@pendejo6466]

"Is why a question worth asking?" Not to Wittgenstein.

[@michaelangeloshortis2970]

"I might say: if the place I want to get could only be reached by way of a ladder, I would give up trying to get there. For the place I really have to get to is a place I must already be at now. Anything that I might reach by climbing a ladder does not interest me." From Wittgenstein's notes in 1930. I went to visit his grave on a rainy day in Cambridge last year. I couldn't find it and asked the stone mason if I could shelter there till the downpour passed. He said "Of course. Wittgenstein right? Two or three of you come every day." Rest in peace Ludwig.

[@Pulsonar]

I wish they’d said a little something about Wittgensteins time at the University of Manchester in 1908 where he initially enrolled to study Aeronautical Engineering. It was from there that his conflicts with the direction of his intellectual interests overwhelmed him and sent him on his path to Cambridge and his legendary philosophical journey. In the 90s I lived just around the corner from where he once had digs on Palatine Road, in Didsbury, South Manchester, so I’m a little bit biased 😉 Philosopher Friedrich Engels also lived and worked in Manchester some 60-70 years before Wittgenstein. A Salford pub that Engels frequented whenever his equally famous friend Karl Marx visited him celebrates that link. I never used to care much about Manchester growing up in poverty there. But as I’ve gotten older it’s great to hear such talented and famous philosophers, scientists and engineers lived and still live and work in the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

[@ReallyLee]

Thank you Christopher Sykes for putting this documentary on KZbin. Around 1968-69 I studied Wittgenstein at St.John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One of the sentences I took away was "Philosophy can be done." Here is a puzzle: What would Wittgenstein say about the classic Socratic phrase: The Unexamined Life is not worth living? A few years later, while exploring information theory I found "Information Mechanism and Meaning" by Donald MacKay a very helpful revealing of the importance of context in the expression of questions. I recommend reading any Wittgenstein you can get your hands on, it will turn you loose on an important exploration, at the very least. The last few years I have been working with severely disabled young people as an aide and Wittgenstein is a distant background voice leading me to be a gentle observer.

[@dleet86]

Bertrand Russell was Ludwig's mentor until he surpassed the master according to Russell who wanted him to meet a friend of his, John Maynard Keynes.

[@pipster1891]

"I did the usual thing with the scones."

[@eppiehemsley6556]

Even Wittgenstein didn't know the answer to this.

[@kurisensei]

Cream on first, obvs

[@KeithMakank3]

Some people live their lives to realize things that make them loud and violent. Others live to realize things that bring them to tears and silence. Chase only the sublime!!

[@TAROTAI]

You're already _living_ your life - ( _live their lives?_ ) you need not live it twice at the same time - sounds exhausting & I don't want to go running after a dream - it's more like a butterfly that brings its magic

[@EmileNolde]

How elegant these old docs were.

[@suzannepecore2304]

Elegance of mind - simplicity of truth, without artificial impositions. Purest natural beauty of mind and thoughts.

[@juanvelez8564]

Magnificent use of Schubert's and Beethoven's music.

[@thomasraffaelly3443]

I'm looking for the No. 2 in A flat but that's not enough information to find ta record ! please help ? what is this music ?

[@fireball43]

Who Wittgenstein loved, even more apt

[@waedjradi]

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." -Ludwig Wittgenstein

[@-Swamp_Donkey-]

Is that why Jews are constantly attacking language and changing definitions of words?

[@vinm300]

Wittgenstein : many decades ago I read his biography. He was a marvellous whistler and could recite whole symphonies. He very much appreciated GE Moore's hospitality, his wife never asked if Ludwig would like some cake she simply presented him with it (or sandwiches or whatever). Fancy, that's all I can recall.

[@0otee]

Scones! They were! Typical english cake!

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

Ludwig, when he wasn't beating up kids, pulling little girls' hair & bribing his way out of a child-murder charge, would conspicuously eat pork pies to create the impression he wasn't Jewish.

[@vinm300]

@@JimOverbeckgenius "As the members of the class began to move their chairs out of the room he might look imploringly at a friend and say in a low tone, ‘Could you go to a flick?’ On the way to the cinema Wittgenstein would buy a bun or cold pork pie and munch it while he watched the film” Mmmm, I wonder. "The Haidbauer incident, known in Austria as Der Vorfall Haidbauer, took place in April 1926 when Josef Haidbauer, an 11-year-old schoolboy in Otterthal, Austria, reportedly collapsed unconscious after being hit on the head during class by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein". That is a much more damning deposition.

[@Pulsonar]

The more I hear about the amazingly prodigious Wittgenstein, the more he seems like a fantastic character from a novel, like a figment of an overactive imagination. Simply unreal, even his preparations for the intellectual challenges in his research are almost mythical.

[@KeeperOfProphecies]

If you haven't, you should read Ray Monk's biography on Wittgenstein.

[@joyceharrison1682]

You must read the novel "The World as I Found It" by Bruce Duffy!

[@seppheinzl9378]

Have you heard the rumor that he actually went to school with adolf hitler and that he used to mob little hitler? Hitler wrote that his hatred of jews came from a "jew from Linz" and it is believed that this jew from linz was Wittgenstein... Talking about mythical... :D

[@eps3154]

I imagine a film about his life would have to be a dark comedy. "I was not shocked about the cancer, but the news that there was something that could be done to treat it. I do not want to live!"

[@zyzygie]

Whenever you get awestruck by someone, think to yourself “like me, this guy had to go through the indignity of going to the toilet.” Keep that image in mind. Not just Wittgenstein, but Socrates, Newton, Einstein, Nietzsche and others who we may tend to put on a pedestal, were “human, all too human...” Other birds will fly farther! nietzsche.holtof.com/reader/friedrich-nietzsche/daybreak/aphorism-575-quote_478b207a4.html

[@jahazielgutierrez1305]

“Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.” ― Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittgenstein is for me the lord of logic. A rare human being with the capacity to see a reality alien to the average mind . I love to lose my mind into reading his works and trying to comprehend his world. He taught me that life is complex, pessimistic in a sense, and full of mysteries.

[@michaelboylan5308]

Back in 1989 the BBC made its own documentaries,,and Horizon was a great series,,like Monitor Omnibus or Arena, Back then,,,and for some years after,,the BBC had a worldwide reputation,But now the palaces are torn down and the BBC has been rebranded by the zeitgeist,As an Australian I miss the old excellence

[@NAR-wv3sl]

The BBC bears no resemblance to the way it was.

[@melancholiac]

I miss the old excellence too. Horizon and QED taught me so much. The Ascent Of Man (by Bronowski) was without parallel.

[@garymorgan3314]

'Men of Ideas' hosted by the excellent Bryan Magee was great in the 1970s and early 1980s. I think Bernard Williams spoke on LW.

[@granthurlburt4062]

Indeed. So sad. Like a headline in the Onion a few years ago. "Lowest common denominator gets lower". There's been a huge decrease in the number of people who read for pleasure since 1974 (U.S. study). Things are better in the US but there is so much "concern" about making things "relevant" and not "elitist". So glad this and other shows are posted.

[@lulassong6524]

BBC had been gutted shamelessly or shamefully ever since Thatcher. I marched with Bertrand Russell from Oxford to Aldermaston. All I wanted was to sit listening to him forever. Yes, Wittgenstein was hard to read, only really understanding him now perhaps. The depression is familiar. Russell was so frustrating at first, because he never offered certainties yet his logic was impeccable.

[@ShanOakley]

I've known of Wittgenstein, but have never studied his work. I'm very excited to do so now. His concept of a language-game, particularly excites me. At 46, I've something new to learn!

[@kabalder]

:) ..a teacher I had used to say things like this to me: you're very unkind! I'd say, why is that? Because you inflict Wittgenstein on even your best friends! He was genuinely upset. And he was right, too. Kindest advice I can give someone who wants to study Wittgenstein is to start reading philosophical investigations, and in the way it was written, as fragments of simple constructions, that take a long time to puzzle together. And that when you finish one of the fragments, that you look at how it's put together, and not at the simple model in front of you. And remember that when you start to suffer from nausea and angst, and keep reevaluating things you never wanted to or ever thought necessary, to the point where you feel certain you know absolutely nothing at all. That this is completely normal and that you are reading Wittgenstein exactly as intended.

[@ShanOakley]

kabalder You just drew a tear from my eye. This is some of the soundest advice I've ever received. It gives me a sense of relief. I wish I could buy you a pint of ale or whatever you desire to drink. I thank you.

[@kabalder]

Shan Kilkenny, cheers :) It's also useful to bring in some context for Wittgenstein. While he himself was very fond of pretending he existed in his exclusive sphere, unaffected by anything that surrounded him, as well as any and all classic or modern text on philosophy. The truth is that he without any doubt read all books he could get his hands on, whether it was classic Greek philosophy, Eastern philosophy (that was beginning to become visible in properly translated texts in university context at this time), more modern empiricists, previous and more technical German philosophers, and then British empiricists up towards Hume - and specially Kant as a counterpoint. And then of course Husserl and Heidegger, that in many ways mirror a little piece of this picture Wittgenstein then refines from small bits of pencil scratches on a lined notebook, and into a striking piece of street-art in Philosophical Investigations. There's this supposedly true story about Ludvig where someone is trying to navigate their way back to their quarters at Cambridge one night, and they run into a dark figure balancing a huge stack of books in front of them. The books spill everywhere, but the person isn't angry, just extremely embarrassed. They pick up the books in silence, it's Aristotle, Anselm, Spinoza, Kant, and so on, all the ephemeral nonsense Ludvig hated so much. And the person asks "what are you reading so intently?". And the disshelved night raider suddenly rises in emotion and says: "Nothing! Good night!".

[@linhdevil]

It's never too late to learn a new thing man, especially it's from your love for truth and knowledge.

[@ShanOakley]

Yes! Love of truth and knowledge wraps the gift of life complete! Thank you for the encouraging support in this pursuit.

[@SteliosKGuitar]

Beautiful and touching documentary of Wittgenstein's life. What a wonderful and unique life he had.

[@kevinkelleher9323]

You really must read "The house of Wittgenstein." It is a perfectly written book of a few years ago about the whole W. family in Vienna. Much of it is about his remarkable brother Paul But also about his sisters and their escaping the war. If I recall right, there were 11 in the family in a large house in Wien, and each member of the family demanded to have his/her own grand piano in their own room, and it was so. You will learn a lot and have a much more precise understanding (to the extent that is possible at all) of Ludwig and also love the book. If you love classical music, it is truly required reading.

[@paulohara8967]

It appears that both Paul and Ludwig had a very ambiguous attitude towards suicide. It could be viewed as either a cowardly act or a defensive mechanism. This was reinforced by an incident in New York concerning a man threatening to throw himself off a bridge. As for the family, Rudi died from poisoning, Kurt from shooting, and Hans from drowning, apparently all self-inflicted. Ludwig himself died from prostate cancer.

Yes Indeed and very well written by one of E. Waugh's sons.

[@lulassong6524]

Thank you!♥️

[@dorraasli8349]

This man is agenius

[@anntalbot1071]

@@paulohara8967 how can you reply if KZbin won't allow you to read the comment

[@petersolomon5227]

This is a marvelous documentary to revisit. Thank you Christopher Sykes for posting "Wittgenstein: A Wonderful Life".

[@markc5015]

I recall with great clarity my introduction to Wittgenstein about 20 years ago as an undergraduate. When I tried reading the Tractatus, I was profoundly distressed that I found it so obscure and had such trouble making sense of it. Eventually, I realized that nobody else in the course understood it any better than myself - including the professor. Once we moved on to the Philosophical Investigations, I was transfixed. It has influenced my thinking more than any other book I've read.

[@DandyLion662a]

Try reading (and perhaps you have) Heidegger's Being and Time. It makes the Tractatus seem as digestible as a People magazine article. To be clear, I barely understood Heidegger and while I could passably understand section-by-section of the Tractatus, I always suspected there was a larger point eluding me. Scared to pick it up again after all these years. And yes to the more accessible and fascinating Investigations.

[@suscrieforsubscribing1146]

what are your thoughts on abortion and rape?

[@lulassong6524]

@@suscrieforsubscribing1146 Why not focus philosophically on suicide which is more to the point.

[@The_Quota_Official]

@@DandyLion662a Later Heidegger such as on the Essence of Truth and The Thing, gracefully guided my reading of the Tractatus

[@pacmech100]

@@lulassong6524 So you consider it more logical to learn to manage our emotions, and learn how to find joy in living?

[@alexpeek8760]

this is one of the best videos on youtube

[@ShalomFreedman]

There are tremendous omissions in this particular telling of the Wittgenstein story. I strongly recommend Roy Monk's great biography.

[@mm09923]

Shalom Freedman Ray Monk, not Roy. And yes, quite agree.

[@genustinca5565]

many thanks for uploading this!

[@NovoBrooklyn]

Thanks for posting.

[@__teles__]

A fascinating man and a wonderful documentary. The flawed and anguished is always more illuminating that the perfect.

[@julianamundsen3470]

omg what u said is so beautiful

[@QED_]

+Tele Synth: Of course . . . you'll provide for us an example of what " the perfect" would be like, so that we can in fact compare it to "the flawed and anguished" and judge your statement accordingly.

[@nidhavellir]

Thank you so much for uploading this!

[@christophlieding734]

Everybody at one way or other has to go through Wittgenstein/ its always good to come back to the origin what "It" means. Thanks for the upload and we love you Ludwig.

[@ianmedium]

Thank you so much for this Christopher.

[@ChristopherSykesDocumentaries]

You're welcome!

[@JeffNechleba]

Excellent documentary! Thank you for posting :)

[@rozasawicka8256]

What a place of inspiration! Thank you for your stunning collection of documentaries @Christopher Sykes.

[@ChristopherSykesDocumentaries]

Thank you!

[@feridunaksu9042]

Unique philosopher who changed fate of philosophy at the beginning of 20th century.

[@aktivfilm8611]

Thank you so much for sharing your superb, highly sensible documentary. As a colleague, I look forward to viewing more of your work.

[@herbertmarshal]

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[@tokyorome]

Thank you for uploading this.

[@ChristopherSykesDocumentaries]

You're very welcome!

[@msives]

great video. thanks for posting.

[@lukaschumchal6399]

This documentary was ( and still is) so awesome. I find it very usefull to as introduction to one of the best thinker in 20th centuary even in whole history.

[@christophermorgan3261]

Read the bio by Ray Monk, great intro to W. The house he built is unlivable, same for most of his philosophy. Born rich, gave it away to poets and artists like Rilke . Not mentioned that he was a decorated soldier of great courage. So much soul.

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

The house he built for his sister was open & unoccupied when I got there to freely wander around in it. Alas, I'm honest or Wittgenstein's TV could be among my souvenirs. I once shook Russell's hand but the demonic stain washed off.

[@kurtgodel5236]

Have you ever been to Parkgasse 18? The house that Wittgenstein planned together with Paul Engelmann doesn't strike me as "unlivable" at all. Anyway, as a conference venue it's rather agreeable.

[@greenbristol]

Christopher, this is one of the best films you made for Horizon. I read Philosophy at Uni in '79 so perhaps am biased. It's such a wonderful introduction to a difficult thinker.

[@ChristopherSykesDocumentaries]

Well, †hank you! Just saw this by chance..Glad you enjoyed it.

[@statebulldog62]

Great video, thanks for uploading!

[@roysb_2628]

Thanks for sharing this, I am very grateful

[@pixelwrinkly1528]

Good one. Many Thanks for taking the trouble to upload.

[@wadejameskennedy4495]

thankyou so very much for the opportunity to learn of such an individual 🌠

[@eliaskunz5797]

thank you for sharing this

[@greatquotesdaily4253]

His ideas on how we use language to represent reality are fascinating.

[@zetetick395]

Him and Alfred Korzybski

[@bianco3127]

I have a very special connection to Wittgenstein and his work. Thank you for this wonderful documentary

[@carmelpule6954]

Normally great human minds are not those who enter public life to pose as public leaders and administrators. Normally great people walk on their own and die on their own. Ludwig Wittgenstein had to walk his life on his own as even Bertrand Russel doubted him at first, but at least he gave him an opportunity to prove himself. Alan Turing was also a geat misunderstood man who helped society in his own way.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

*Love him or hate him. He who donates his whole inherit capital to live **in poverty is quite a statement . Giving up financial security speaks louder then whatever wise constructed philosophy on society **conjured up from a position of comfort & wealth.

[@terrencekimper1203]

Thank you for this GEM.

[@ecosilencio]

Ótimo documentário! Obrigado por disponibilizá-lo.

[@prenuptials5925]

One of the few people who truly transcended life.

[@sandrosantiago2736]

pre nuptials sorry mate , that can’t be said , according to Wittgenstein himself 😆 He would have asked you: What do you mean by transcendence?

[@douglasqin2129]

and he denies the very thing of transcendence himself

[@zyrrhos]

@Juan Perez lol

[@fckwful]

Thinking of Wittgenstein I always feel awe, pitty and thankfulness.

[@wolfbenson]

Really enjoyed this video! Breathtaking.

[@dominicamcgowan6147]

Fell over this by chance; I did philosophy as part of my first degree over 40 yrs ago; I’d forgotten just how gripped I was by those thinkers & dismantlers of ‘what appears to be.’ Superb video, thank u.

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

Any advice for a man before 40 who finds himself slowly unearthing these dead philosophers.

[@Azazello321]

Thank you Christopher

[@ned9823]

accordingly most philosophers who have recently acquired reputations are famous only among their fellows, but Wittgenstein however, is famous far beyond the boundaries of philosophy.

[@falsafay9369]

Just like Nietzsche!

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

GENIUS!

[@ProfHarveyCrichton]

Changed my life in the sixth form , had it on video for years........nice to see it again on You Tube. This programme was up there for me with Carl Sagan's COSMOS... big deal for an 18 year old.... who bought Wittgenstein books on back of buying Russell books....... In think i know every word of this programme like some people know the lyrics of the Grease film as well as the songs! : )) ( I know that too ) : ))

[@mohamedk.badenjki8781]

you're so lucky to have such a childhood.... oh wait, what do i mean by lucky? ;)

[@jeffreykent5271]

Grease is the word

[@claytongreen7000]

I was captivated by a quote (two sentences) from the Cambridge lectures spoken here as "We are engaged in a struggle with language. Philosophy is the struggle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language." Perhaps I'm meant to experience its true meaning as every quotation I find in a Google search replaces 'struggle' with 'battle.' A few insert 'our' before the last word 'language'. More often 'the struggle' has become 'a battle' (especially from sources affiliated with religion). Since these were small lectures, I won't assume there is one source from which to find his actual words but 'battle' and 'struggle' create quite different thoughts for me. Perhaps I'm struggling because others have chosen to battle. For me, use of battle invokes religious teachings positioning good against evil (lectures claiming eternal, spiritual outcomes) . I don't know where the producers found and scripted their version of the quote but if accurate, it strikes me that a profound reflection on how each of us individually struggles (to varying degrees) to overcome the semantic proposition that "the word is not the thing" might have been redirected to suggest individuals defending their minds against new ideas. Especially logical ideas which could otherwise displace beliefs in faith, instilled by parents, sermon or bible. In other words, to position philosophy, itself, as the problem.

[@robertdwyer9243]

Absolutely wonderful to find this film. And Norman Malcomb even says a few words!!

[@gezblair]

Thanks for sharing and fine quality seeing you pulled it off an old VHS tape. Personally interested in the links between Wittgenstein's works and certain Taoist concepts and ideas of language

[@ShawnStack1]

This was wonderful, thank you for sharing this. He sure is an interesting cat, ol’ Wittgenstein

[@nosnibor800]

He did not study aeronautical engineering at Berlin. He went to Manchester University in the UK to study aeronautics, and it was whilst there he became interested in Philosophy, particularly "Russell's Paradox". Ray Monk's biography of Wittgenstein is worth reading.

[@ChristopherSykesDocumentaries]

Thanks for the correction. In Berlin he studied mechanical engineering. My mistake.

[@homerfj1100]

Absolutely superb. I have been taking notes. 62 is a little early to die but he accepted it. I do hope that he had palliative care.

[@jimbo43ohara51]

Its not clear what he died from but it is clear he was tortured by his own thoughts.

[@skronked]

He was a total lunatick

[@impromptu04]

He died of cancer.@@jimbo43ohara51

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

Beautiful music throughout the movie

[@syedadeelhussain2691]

wonderful documentary! so it all boils down to linguistic philosophy and the limits of thought, vocabulary and logic because the way in which we express ourselves can take us in multiple directions. I think this great man and the two other philosophers Kant and Descartes, defended faith and religion in their own ways. Unlike the other mainstream philosophers in the West, who were busy witch hunting. His books are tough to understand, but I am no one to critisize this genuios of a man!

[@Raydensheraj]

Defending what? Your preferred version of invisible supernatural superbeeing?

[@hjjo-uj9ej]

What a wonderful documentary!

[@VictorAlexanderFiltenborg]

excellent documentary with no one over-explaining or getting out of their field of knowledge

[@bhuvidya]

Thank you!!!!

[@NoahBodze]

I've always viewed the Russel - Wittgenstein relationship like the Teacher and Will Hunting in 'Good Will Hunting." Russell had both admiration and jealously of Wittgenstein, as well as a sense of ownership of him and an exasperation of him not using his full potential.

[@Bulbophile]

Does anybody? Guessing that the few people whom you'd say reached their full potential are less than rocket scientist billionaires, destructive obsessed world leaders, the crazy ransomed scientists who've helped them, both... Not the full potential your talking about?

[@habappy]

I think you hit it spot on, Ben. The latter Wittgenstein of "Ordinary Language" philosophy was a major disappointment to Russell.

[@joes.3679]

Would it all be possible to make available the full musical score of this documentary? I can't seem to find any via the usual platforms such as IMDB...

[@habappy]

A movie examining the relationship between Russell and Wittgenstein would be wonderfully entertaining. Jim Carey could play Ludwig (seriously). Maybe Ralph Fiennes for Bertrand?

[@wilkes5062]

I'd be into that.

[@nuodr]

You should watch Derek Jarman's movie "Wittgenstein". Very entertaining. www.imdb.com/title/tt0108583/

[@klausrain111]

You kidding? Ralph Fiennes would never play in a movie with that numbnutz Jim Carey. How about Jeff Daniels?

[@user-io9ln1or7c]

Thank you YT,,educativ❤❤❤

[@Chesterton7]

"And yet I shall be thankful to see him go." Strange and beautiful.

[@JWY]

25:00 Exactly. Then Gödel considered these matters in the language of mathematics (and his extensions to mathematics presaging computer programming). Gödel proved Wittgenstein completely justified in his statement that ordinary language is inadequate to consider logic and further Gödel proved that the complete description of everything using logic - what Bertrand was seeking - is impossible.

[@Scotty432]

"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” Beethoven

[@judynorfleet4835]

Did you write this? A lovely and penetrating thought which may meet truth .

[@christopherbellore3511]

I agree. Music is the Main ingredient.

[@Scotty432]

@@judynorfleet4835 Beethoven wrote it, i just copied and pasted.😊

[@suttree3233]

[regarding Mozart & Beethoven] "These are the actual sons of God." Impressive coming from a man who certainly didn't mince his words.

[@deepindercheema4917]

BBC Publications published a little A5 Monograph to accompany this programme, I have it and will try and find and then scan it

[@mohnaim5824]

This documentary unfolds in such lyrical and dreamy way that Jonathen Kent's narration kidnaps the breath.

[@fritula6200]

Three siblings committed 'suicide'... something horrific in that family.

[@antoniolima1068]

excesse pretence, development of fake identities to cope ( false egos) that depend on validation and boundarie crossing for some sense of being.

[@dougthompson5586]

I`ve never had a clue what this guy was talking about.

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

Neither did he.

[@juvenalhahne7750]

E necessário urgentemente providenciarem com legendas (preferivelmente em inglês ou espanhol) este vídeo sobre Wittgenstein, tão necessário!

[@TheYurubutugralb]

There is an icon on the screen for you to turn on subtitles

[@9000ck]

I am amazed and heartened that Wittgenstein wished he were more intelligent and a better person.

[@piotrekz2142]

Lol? Hearthened? Are you joking? if someone wants to be more intelligent and "better person" he wants to simply be more important than others, he wants to be great and unique individual, a Superman. Its the most egoistic thing a human can want. Nothing wrong with being egoistic though, egoistic behavior after all can develop our civilization.

[@baticadavinci3984]

@@piotrekz2142 If someone wishes to be more important than others then it should be taken as a compliment, for he considers them to be meaningful if he desires to surpass their capabilities. And if you're insulted with a compliment than that's your problem you mouthy fool.

[@graceculture3011]

@@piotrekz2142 An egoistic person would never admit that he is not intelligent enough

[@NothingHumanisAlientoMe]

@@graceculture3011 If humility is in fashion I reckon they would.

[@jonjames7328]

How dreadful you lot are: hoping to be cleverer and better and you see this as egoism?

[@muhammadsaadurrehman5341]

Witgenstein the prime example of true genuis; curious, enthusiastic, and dominating. "Bertrand Russell"

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

Dominating!? He used to wear the knickers.

[@grenvillephillips6998]

Ray Monk's excellent biography of Wittgenstein is still available on Amazon, which I found both delightful and fascinating.

[@ludwigschilling9761]

This documentary, altough very much dandysh in its tone, is a very solid construction. It goes on from Wittgenstein's ideas, extracting all sorts of phrases that he wrote in his live and also what other people said in relation to his philosophy. So that in addition to the images and the voice on the Screen, the images as a whole adquire density. One cannot apreciate this on other documentarys about famous philosophers and thinkers, because they tend to give more importance on theatrical acting and mysterious music.

[@joeheppell7085]

I couldn't agree more. Beautifully and carefully made without being pretentious.

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

@Jack Holly unnecessarily romantic.

[@alexodonnell6191]

1. Do you know what ' dandyish ' means ?? 2. Do you possess or have you access to an English dictionary such as Chambers or The Shorter Oxford ?? 3. Do you have a spell checker on your device ?? 4, Are you familiar with the English slang word NUMPTY ??

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Hmm....harsh ! But I tend to concur ...

[@ludwigschilling9761]

@@alexodonnell6191 1. Yes. 2 & 3 English is not my native language. 4. Thanks for pointing that out. I had actually forgotten about this comment, it was four years ago, forgive me my inocence of youth. Still if you think about what dandy means (man, white, british, rich, aristocratic) I wasn't that wrong.

[@Bb-ye8jw]

that was touchy. loved it

[@NeoCynic1]

Wittgenstein's Ladder left me speechless.

[@paulgibby6932]

Well done. Thanks. The title a bit of a surprise, but glad that "he* thought it was a wonderful life. He seemed to struggle a lot.

[@garymorgan3314]

Extremely intense and very demanding. Have you read 'Witthenstein's Poker' by John Eidenow and some other geezer.

[@paulgibby6932]

@@garymorgan3314 no, will have to. Thanks

[@ruivog]

Thank you.

[@FF-so3su]

Thanks😊🤗

[@sebastianionescu4067]

The coolest thing about this documentary is the derridanisation of Wittgenstein's name generated by instant subtitleing. The coolest is "junk Kingston", followed by "drinkin Stein". I wonder what Ludwig would have said about it.

[@itsROMPERS...]

Yeah, that was truly interesting, the strange phrases that the algorithm came up with for his name.

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

Vidkun Stein, a distant cousin of Frankenstein.

[@mark-c802]

yes ludwig, there are limits to the powers of description and there's a vast world of experience that can't be adequately verbalized...but beyond description, it is possible to give direction music can't be described in words but one can provide the necessary directions, which if followed will produce the music which can't be described in words...🎶🎹🎼

[@lovecrop]

wittgenstein saved my life.

[@thepolarbear8449]

lovecrop how?

[@psibarpsi]

How, dude?

[@itsROMPERS...]

I'm sure it wasn't intentional.

[@krinkle909]

I love how he questions definitions :)

[@John-xk2sd]

I hope the marvellous BBC documentary on the great philosopher Rab C Nesbitt is uploaded.

[@ivorfaulkner4768]

No mention of his time spent in Ireland, in Dublin, and in Connemara.

[@philippriestman8516]

My good friends uncle would entertain the man in his humble cottage on the edge of killary harbour in Connemara, at the time these stories meant nothing to me, but the visit we took opened a country of breathtaking beauty and people made of the fibres and light of the earth from which they grow.

[@jgodley2052]

The BBC are banned there, with good reason....

[@saxglend9439]

@@jgodley2052 Moron

[@daithiobeag]

@@jgodley2052 silly comment

[@eoeo92i2b2bx]

The Wittgenstein siblings must have been too insightful, too good for this world