The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project

Welcome to the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project, a multilingual website that aims to make Wittgenstein's published writings available free of charge and with a free licence.

Wittgenstein's writings are in the public domain in those countries where rights expire 70 years or fewer after the death of the author: this includes most of the European Union, Africa, Asia and Oceania, most Latin American Countries and Canada.

The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project provides complete, well-formatted, downloadable, free books: the German or English originals are available as well as translations in multiple languages, some of which were purpose-made by our team.

Skjolden, Norway. Wittgenstein stayed in Skjolden many times between 1913 and 1950. Photo by Nicolás Boullosa, CC BY.

The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project is a non-for-profit endeavour. We rely on the voluntary work of a group of experts who help transcribe, format, proofread, translate Wittgenstein's works. We are always looking to involve new people in the project: if you are a translator, a Wittgenstein scholar or enthusiast, or if you would like to help by proofreading the texts, please do not hesitate to contact us! We will be delighted to welcome you on board.

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