Reck, Erich H. (ed.) - From Frege to Wittgenstein: Perspectives on Early Analytic Philosophy

Ludwig Wittgenstein is, no doubt, one of the most original and independent philosophers of the twentieth century. Yet even he developed his ideas not in complete isolation, but as influenced by, or in response to, other thinkers. His relation to Bertrand Russell, his early teacher and mentor in Cambridge, has been documented in detail.¹