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[Anonymous No.9017111]

>“I attended Wittgenstein's lectures [at Cambridge University], which were on the philosophical foundations of mathematics, in the Lent term of 1939….

>“…his dress was as simple as possible. He always wore light grey flannel trousers, a flannel shirt open at the throat, a woollen lumber jacket or a leather jacket. Out of doors, in wet weather, he wore a tweed cap and a tan raincoat. He nearly always walked with a light cane. One could not imagine Wittgenstein in a suit, necktie, or hat. His clothes, except the raincoat, were always extremely clean and his shoes polished. He was about five feet six inches in height and slender.

>five feet six inches

>the chaddiest philosopher of all time was also a gay manlet

Why is it that every single notable philosopher is a manlet? Why do you guys still pursue this subject and worship these losers again?

[Anonymous No.9017130]

heidegger was a little fella too

[Anonymous No.9017138]

[Anonymous No.9017147]

>>9017138
fucking kek jesus christ

[Anonymous No.9017153]

>>9017130
>>9017138
Heidegger is the guy in the white coat standing next to the child, right?

[Anonymous No.9017154]

>frequently talks in front of large crowds
>dresses like an absolute pleb all the time

[Anonymous No.9017160]

>>9017111
Didnt Wittgenstein sperge out and stop lecturing whenever a girl entered the room or am i thinking od somebody else? Hardly sounds like a Chad desu.

[Anonymous No.9017172]

>>9017160
Yes, he would wait until they left or sit quiet not answering any questions directed at him.


I have a suspicion that 90% of these stories are pure fabrications or exaggerations.


Remember, this was early 20th century Britain just after the first world war and Wittgenstein (just before giving his money away) was one of the richest men in Europe.

So imagine you're some socialite or individual studying Philosophy at Cambridge on a regular English day and you are confronted with a guy who can barely speak English sperging out in a German accent who happens to be one of the richest men within thousands of miles.

Anyone would probably exaggerate but it's a very strange form of exaggeration which surrounds Wittgenstein. Almost as if the upper-class at Cambridge were all begging to have this guy to show off to their friends.

[Anonymous No.9017182]

>>9017138
Left: 6"
Riight: 5'11"

[Anonymous No.9017202]

>>9017172
Everyone knows Witty was neurotic as fuck. Later in life, he cleaned the floors of his various dwellings by covering them with wet tea leaves and sweeping them up afterwards. Daily.

[Anonymous No.9017242]

Witty served in the imperial German army in WWI

Everybody calling him a "Gay Manlet" is criminally and heinously stupid, and should probably report to their GP to be sterilized.

[Anonymous No.9017279]

>>9017242
That's wrong, you moron. It was the Austro-Hungarian army because Wittgenstein was an Austrian.

[Anonymous No.9017312]

>>9017111
>chaddiest
>hysterical pseudochristian wreck
yeah, maybe not

[Anonymous No.9017649]

>>9017312
it just goes to show how beta all philosophers are

[Anonymous No.9017938]

>>9017649
> all philosophers are beta
> he's never heard of Schopenhauer

[Anonymous No.9017954]

>>9017172
Witty was a sperg, dude, get over it.
>>9017242
he was also a faggot and 5'6

This is like needing Turing to be straight, polite, and a good housekeeper.

[Anonymous No.9017957]

>>9017938
>Schopenhauer
>not beta
Literally Ressentiment: The Philosopher

[Anonymous No.9018039]

>>9017138
>>9017130
holy shit lmao

[Anonymous No.9018046]

>>9018039
dude looks like mario

[Anonymous No.9018137]

>>9018046
holy fucking kek
quick someone make a meme about this

[Anonymous No.9018155]

>>9017138
To be fair, Char was a big guy.

[Anonymous No.9018163]

>>9018155
for heidegger

[Anonymous No.9018194]

Heidegger should get an award for being the philosopher who looks the most like a fucking hobbit, everything about this man screams he'd rather be sitting in a hill smoking his magic windy pipe, now there's the size question