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was he autistic?

>> No.6142774

>>6142765

No. At worst he was an aspie.

>> No.6142790

>>6142765
He's listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrospective_diagnoses_of_autism

But then again, so is Stanley Kubrick, Jeffrey Dahmer, Emily Dickinson, Adolf Hitler, James Joyce, Michelangelo, Mozart, Alan Turing

>> No.6142812

>>6142790
Nikola Tesla, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Lewis Carroll, Eamon de Valera, W. B. Yeats, Hans Christian Anderson, Herman Melville, George Orwell, Jonathan Swift, A. J. Ayer, Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Simone Weil, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Samuel Beckett

If you're a dead genius, prepare to be diagnosed with autism by this guy

>> No.6142814

Every famous non-Hollywood celebrity ever was autistic, yes.

>> No.6142823

>>6142774
It's a form of autism.

>> No.6142831

yea... does that change anything about him or what he said? no.

>> No.6142837

>>6142812

Beckett is the least autistic author who ever wrote
stupid list

>> No.6142847

>>6142812
Fuckin A.J.Ayer was an alpha with the ladies

>> No.6142883

>>6142790
> Fitzgerald M (March 2000). "Did Ludwig Wittgenstein have Asperger's syndrome?"

god i now need to read that thing... How get it!?

>> No.6142903

>>6142883
The guy basically defines autism and aspergers as creativity + not that interested in socialising. Worthless.

>> No.6142937

>>6142903
you have it? oh anon please do share it. hope you can.

>> No.6142955

>>6142937
I have not, but going off this:
https://wittgensteinforum.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/did-wittgenstein-have-aspergers-syndrome/

and this:
http://www.philadelphia-association.org.uk/documents/WittgensteinandAspergers.pdf

and the giant list of others he's "diagnosed", I conclude the guy is an idiot.

>> No.6142987

>>6142765

he gave up his fortune to be a wandering philosopher with no gf, no friends, and no money. sounds like an autist (or some kinda retard) to me.

>> No.6143038

>>6142790
The reasons they give basically describe every human bean on the face of the earth.

>> No.6143041

yes

>> No.6143044

>>6142987
He was gay you idiot, had a lover and hardly lived in poverty.

>> No.6143101

>>6143044

his lovers tended to die. he didnt have one when he was teaching in bumfuck nowhere.

>> No.6143108

>>6142987
I hate people like you.

>> No.6143137

well, all the lists and things posted itt just show the absurdity of all the so called illnesses with which they tag people

>> No.6143140

>>6143044
He was bi.

>> No.6143189

>>6143140

bi... autistic!

>> No.6143428

>>6142774
>what is autism

>> No.6143491

>>6143108
And I, you.

>8^D

>> No.6143538

>>6142790
This guy is incredibly dangerous. According to him anyone, given any form of intellectualism, is automatically afflicted with an abnormality. The only people who aren't autistic in this interpretation are the factory workers with nothing beyond the maxim of hard work and dedication to their parent-company. In other words good little plebeians. Most people I think, seeing this and not wanting to be labeled as abnormal, will strive to be the opposite. Anti-intellectualism at its finest, which does nothing to move a society forward. It's time we all embrace the free anarchist-intellectual society. Come with me, brothers.

>> No.6143568

>>6143538

Fucking love you /lit/

>> No.6143579

>>6142765
Why do you care?

>> No.6143627

>>6143538
Autists unite!

>> No.6143645

Anyone have the quote about him playing Snakes & Ladders?

>> No.6143717

>>6143645
>He also joined in with other aspects of family life. In particular, he enjoyed playing Ludo and Snakes and Ladders with the girls - so much so that on one occasion, when a game of Snakes and Ladders in which Wittgenstein was particularly absorbed had gone on for over two hours, the girls had to plead with him against his will to leave the game unresolved.

?

>> No.6143727

>>6143717

Hot ziggity!

>> No.6143730

>>6143538
i bet you're loaded

>> No.6143769

>>6143730
Yup, just like I loaded up your mom.

>> No.6143782

>>6143769
I loaded up both of your mothers.

>> No.6143790

>>6143782
Spoiler: So did I

>> No.6143862

>>6143717
Yep, that's the one!

>> No.6143903

yes, because he was homeschooled until he was 14. when he was sent to school after that it was too late, he was already spoiled and could not manage to adapt himself to regular interaction. it was sure a painful life he lived, but that is precisely what pushed him into finding out all he left us in his philosophy.