Is there anybody I should read before starting Wittgenstein?

>>1874818
No.
Yes.

>>1875108
>Yes
Why?

>>1875172
He goes back on everything he says in the Tractatus in PI, so it's kind of pointless unless you're a Wittgenstein scholar

>>1874818
>Is there anybody I should read before starting Wittgenstein?

Bertrand Russell

>>1875275

Yes but you need to read Tractatus to understand what he is later refuting

>>1874818
Frege, for one thing.

But really, don't go into Wittgenstein without prior secondary lit. At least understanding how Wittgenstein I and Wittgenstein II can be understood as one consistent model of thought is pretty much imperative. I would also not start with the Tractatus - It's easier, but it's just very clear that he hadn't figured out the structure of thought he required to talk about the stuff he wanted to talk about.

>>1874818
Schopenhauer and Kant would make reading the Tractatus a much more contextualized experience.

You don't need the TLP to read the PI, but I would read both.