,14=/,15=#,23=%,24==> First published in 1988 by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. The Old Piano Factory 43 Gloucester Crescent, London NW1 }Z 1988 by Brian McGuinness All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN 0 7156 0959 9 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data McGuinness, Brian Wittgenstein: a life. Young Ludwig, 1889{-1921 1. Wittgenstein, Ludiwg2. Philosophers _Austria_Biography I. Title 192B3376.W56.Z7 ISBN 0{-7156{-0959{-9 Typeset on a Lasercomp at Oxford University Computing Service and printed by Redwood Burn Limited, Trowbridge