This book comprises material on colour which was written by Wittgenstein in the last eighteen months of his life. It is one of the few documents which shows him concentratedly at work on a single philosophical issue. The principal theme is the features of different colours, of different kinds of colour (metallic colour, the colours of flames, etc.) and of luminosity--a theme which Wittgenstein treats in such a way as to destroy the traditional idea that colour is a simple and logically uniform kind of thing. This edition ...
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This book comprises material on colour which was written by Wittgenstein in the last eighteen months of his life. It is one of the few documents which shows him concentratedly at work on a single philosophical issue. The principal theme is the features of different colours, of different kinds of colour (metallic colour, the colours of flames, etc.) and of luminosity--a theme which Wittgenstein treats in such a way as to destroy the traditional idea that colour is a simple and logically uniform kind of thing. This edition consists of Wittgenstein's basic German text, together with an English translation.
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Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. 64 page paperback dual language edition (German and English on facing pages) of Wittgenstein's philosophy of colour. Edited by G.E.M. Anscombe. Translated by Linda L. McAlister and Margarete Schattle. Light use-tight and clean.
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this small book is a very complete course in opening your eyes to how color actually is seen. i have read a lot of books on vision and color perception and this book with its examples helped bring the different theories together. i don't know if it will make you a better painter but it has helped me.
