In this pilot episode, I'll be breaking down the importance of having a clear overview (übersichtliche Darstellung) for the Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), one of the most famous but obscure philosophers of the 20th century. From the forbidding and paradoxical "God's eye point of view" of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, to the humbler ordinary point of view of every day life in the Philosophical Investigations, perspective is everything for Wittgenstein and can turn useless junk and broken lives into works of art.  

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