Wittgenstein (William Warren Bartley)
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Bartley published a biography of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, titled simply Wittgenstein, in 1973. The book contained a relatively brief, 4–5 page treatment of Wittgenstein's homosexuality, relying mainly on reportage from the philosopher's friends and acquaintances. |
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Wittgenstein is book on Wittgenstein by William Warren Bartley.
"Throughout his life... Wittgenstein was tormented by intense guilt and suffering over his sexual desires and activities." (Pg. 26)
"were known to be homosexual." (Pg. 35)
"By walking for ten minutes to the east . . . he could quickly reach the parkland meadows of the Prater, where rough young men were ready to cater to him sexually. Once he had discovered this place, Wittgenstein found to his horror that he could scarcely keep away from it . . . Wittgenstein found he much preferred the sort of rough blunt homosexual youth that he could find strolling in the paths and alleys of the Prater to those ostensibly more refined young men who frequented the Sirk Ecke in the Kärntnerstrasse and the neighboring bars at the edge of the inner city." (Pg. 40)
