Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

By: Ludwig Wittgenstein

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Logical Philosophical Treatise or Treatise on Logic and Philosophy) is the only full-length philosophical book by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein that was published during his lifetime. The goal of the work is to identify the relationship between language and reality and to define the limits of science. He famously summarized the book in the following way: "What can be said at all can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence."

Public Domain (P)2019 Museum Audiobooks

Some points to consider

These points I think are true about this audiobook: (1) Most Tractatus audiobooks are substandard; as in, an AI narrator would be preferable to that level of human error. (2) As far as the Tractatus goes this is one of the better audiobooks, but due to the previous that is not saying what you might think. (3) As others have mentioned and I will emphasize, the narration here is inexcusably mispronounced, such that if you didn't know what the narrator was supposed to be saying you would misunderstand the text. (4) If you are serious about learning the Tractatus it is advisable to have at least a companion text; another strategy is to take a picture of each page and have an LLM explicate the meaning as you work through it. Regardless, it is reckless to use just an audiobook or for that matter just the book. (5) With that said, I think it's defensible to use a variety of resources available to you. (6) As a supplement to the text -- to keep the ideas in your head while you go about your day -- this Audiobook is effective. (7) Finally, it's not immediately clear what a perfectly narrated Tractatus audiobook would look like anyway. Put differently, for a text as precise as this I think I would rather the errors be glaring than lull me into thinking I could take the narration as-is, especially because of the misunderstandings that this could cause. So, these seven points considered, I think this audiobook was worth it.

I have enjoyed this program

I have enjoyed this program. It is nice to listen to the text of this classic in philosophy. We should support these readings so there will be more in the future.

This book is pure gold

I can't said only a one word and it's wow! Just read it and your life could change. Who living in the present lives forever, said Ludwig Wittgenstein. There's so many golden nuggets in this book.. Thank You for you Ludwig Wittgenstein this book! It was one of the best book what I ever read.

misreadings disrupt the meaning of the work

The book is good. The reader's voice is good. But there are many words that she just cannot read. Among the most astonishing and repeated errors is confusing "causality" with "casualty." Yikes!

Ummm...

This is the best reading of TLP but the narrator mispronounces words or says something totally different. It was fine until until 32:34 when she exclaims something midread. A very odd production that can be used as a way to get through Wittgenstein but don't listen to it by itself. The text is already dense.