Wittgenstein

Is 'Wittgenstein' a Family Resemblance Term?
Just published:The House of Wittgenstein by Alexander Waugh, a book that focuses on Ludwig Wittgenstein's brother Paul who, during Ludwig's lifetime, was better known than the philosopher: he had a successful career as a one-armed concert pianist (he lost his right arm in the First World War but went on to commission concertos for left hand from many of the greatest composers of his day including Ravel, Prokoviev and Benjamin Britten). Like his philosopher brother, Paul was not easily deterred nor ready to compromise.

It is interesting to read that Ludwig's extended family were rather embarrassed by his success as a philosopher - many of them thought the world had been taken in by a clown.