At the age of nineteen Ludwig took up aeronautical studies in Manchester, England, where he designed a jet engine the complex mathematics needed for such an endeavor led him to explore the foundations of mathematics. They were the same age, but Wittgenstein was two grades apart from Hitler (Ludwig had been advanced a grade and Hitler held back one) there has been much speculation as to whether or not they were friends. I forgot to mention that Ludwig also took up sculpture – the man was a true polymath.Įxtraordinarily handsome as a youth, he counted Adolph Hitler among his classmates. The house still stands in Vienna and serves as the Bulgarian Cultural Institute. From 1926 to 1928 he became involved in the design of a modernist mansion for his sister, a testament to the aesthetic austerity that he championed (no baseboards, bare light bulbs for illumination). For a time he even took up a job as a gardener's assistant at a monastery. Wittgenstein gave up philosophy and taught in elementary schools in Lower Austria from 1920 to 1926.
The photo above shows Ludwig (on the left) with his brother Paul, the pianist (wearing glasses), before the tragic loss of Paul's right arm.Īfter serving in the Austrian Army during WW I, Ludwig Wittgenstein gave away his considerable fortune, always refused to wear a tie, furnished his rooms with simple deck chairs, played the clarinet, and wolfed down plates of cream doughnuts while watching his favorite John Wayne films. Paul commissioned a piano concerto for the left hand only from composer Maurice Ravel. Paul, who lost an arm during the war, later settled in New York to teach music. A third brother, a military officer, shot himself when his troops deserted him. Their father, Karl Wittgenstein, was humiliated by these acts and thereafter forbade family members to mention the name of either Johannes or Rudolph. Their brother Johannes, also homosexual, took his own life, as well.
Rudi, a homosexual student in Berlin, was not at all comfortable with his sexuality.
Hirschfeld (himself a homosexual), describing in detail the problems of a homosexual student inīerlin. Would be identified in a case report by famous sexologist, Dr. Rudi killed himself because he was petrified that he He mixed a packet of potassium cyanide into a glass of milk and drank it while having dinner in a Berlin restaurant. His brother Rudolph (Rudi), took his own life in a very public way. Ludwig’s brother Paul became a famous concert pianist, but three other brothers committed suicide.
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