Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth centuryTractatus LogicoPhilosophicus was the only philosophical work that LudwigWittgenst... » 

Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth centuryTractatus LogicoPhilosophicus was the only philosophical work that LudwigWittgenstein published during his lifetime. Written in short carefullynumbered paragraphs of extreme brilliance it captured the imagination of ageneration of philosophers. For Wittgenstein logic was something we use toconquer a reality which is in itself both elusive and unobtainable. He famouslysummarized the book in the following words What can be said at all can besaid clearly and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.David Pears and Brian McGuinness received the highest praise for theirmeticulous translation. The work is prefaced by Bertrand Russells originalintroduction to the first English edition. «