How long does it take to read Ludwig Wittgenstein?
Ray Monk
Ludwig Wittgenstein by Ray Monk takes about 11 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 59 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 654 pages, about 179,850 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Ludwig Wittgenstein is perhaps the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century, and certainly one of the most original in the entire Western tradition. Given the inaccessibility of his work, it is remarkable that he has inspired poems, paintings, films, musical compositions, titles of books -- and even novels. In his splendid biography, Ray Monk has made this very compelling human being come alive in a way that perfectly explains the fascination he has evoked. Wittgenstein's life was one of great moral and spiritual depth. Although his work addresses problems of logic, language, mind, and knowledge, he often described it as having an ethical point, and once said that he "could not help seeing every problem from a religious point of view." In successfully bridging the gap assumed by many to exist between Wittgenstein's life and his work, Monk's biography helps to explain the interest in Wittgenstein's later philosophy on the part of Buddhist scholars.
Subjects: Philosophers, Austria, Great Britain, Biography, Philosophy
