Prototractatus

This is a facsimile reproduction of an early version of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, discovered in 1965. The text is edited to indicate all relevant deviations from the final version.

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Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, first published in 1921, has had a profound influence on modern philosophic thought. Prototractatus is a facsimile reproduction of an early version of Tractatus, only discovered in 1965. The original text has a parallel English translation and the text is edited to indicate all relevant deviations from the final version.