Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, credited to Ludwig Wittgenstein, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by C. K. Ogden. Read by Geoffrey Edwards. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein during his lifetime. He wrote it as a soldier and a prisoner of war during World War I. The slim volume (fewer than eighty pages) comprises a system of short statements, numbered 1, 1.1, 1.11, 1.12, etc., through to 7, intended to be such that 1.1 is a comment on or elaboration of 1, 1.11 and 1.12 comments on 1.1, and so forth. It is an ambitious project to identify the relationship between language and reality and to define the limits of science. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
• Author credits: Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 4:14:29

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• logic

Track guide

1. 0 - Introduction and Preface — 43:20
2. 1 - Section one — 37:35
3. 2 - Section two — 49:50
4. 3 - Section three — 44:41
5. 4 - Section four — 31:04
6. 5 - Section five — 48:03

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