“Never has the story…been told so well…[A] wonderful book”
- Myles Burnyeat, New York Review of Books
“…deserves to be the standard historical introduction for students and general readers”
- A. C. Grayling
“..vivid and illuminating”
- Thomas Nagel, New York Review of Books
“I have never seen a discussion of philosophy as fun to read...”
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Wondrously perceptive”
- Edward O. Wilson
“…illuminates everything it touches.”
- New York Times
“With philosophical sophistication and writerly grace,... crafts a narrative rich with historical and intellectual detail and subtlety... the result is an intimate portrait of a thinker who redefined the boundaries of philosophy.”
- Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York University
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes
“An entertaining and beautifully written fresh new look at one of the major personalities of philosophy”
– A. C. Grayling,
author of Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction