Wittgenstein’s Irish cottage

It is remarkable that three noted practitioners respectively of the arts of painting, dialectic and poetry chose a modest Connemara dwelling as their base.   By John Hayes   One of the most eminent philosophers of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein (b. 1889 in Vienna), made several visits to Ireland. The longest of these was ... Read more

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