Culture and Value

Author's name: Ludwig Wittgenstein

These notes, written by Wittgenstein between 1914 and 1951 and edited by von Reit in collaboration with Heike Niemann, were originally published in German as *Schätten* (Miscellaneous Notes). The English translation is titled *Culture and Value*. In these notes, Wittgenstein discusses topics such as religion, literature, art, culture, history, the nature of philosophical activity, genius, architecture, and more. The work helps us understand Wittgenstein's intellectual background and cultural roots more deeply and challenges the narrow philosophical conception of him prevalent in philosophical academia—particularly within analytic philosophy, despite its importance in understanding and studying Wittgenstein—which confines him to purely linguistic and logical matters, neglecting the other dimensions of his work with its rich complexity and multifaceted nature. This book is the fourth translation in the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project, following *On Certainty* (2020), *Notes on Colors* (2024), and *Wittgenstein and the Meaning of Life* (2025).