Wittgenstein Tractatus
★ 7.1 · 1992 · 32m · Documentary
Forgacs's Tractatus is composed of seven short video essays that refer to one of Wittgenstein's most influential works, Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, first published in 1921.
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