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Paul Engelmann (14 June 1891 – 5 February 1965) was an architect who worked in Olmütz (Olomouc) and in Vienna and is now best known for his friendship with the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein between 1916 and 1928, and for being Wittgenstein's partner in the design and building of the Stonborough House, in Vienna. [1]
In November 1925 Stonborough-Wittgenstein commissioned Engelmann to design a large townhouse. She later invited her brother, Ludwig Wittgenstein, to help with the design, in part to distract him [citation needed] from the scandal surrounding the Haidbauer incident in April 1926: Wittgenstein, while working as a primary-school teacher, had hit a boy who had subsequently collapsed.
Paul Wittgenstein (November 5, 1887 – March 3, 1961) was an Austrian-American concert pianist notable for commissioning new piano concerti for the left hand alone, following the amputation of his right arm during the First World War. He devised novel techniques, including pedal and hand-movement combinations, that allowed him to play chords ...
In February 2017, live streaming was introduced to the official YouTube mobile app. Live streaming via mobile was initially restricted to users with at least 10,000 subscribers, [67] but as of mid-2017 it has been reduced to 100 subscribers. [68] Live streams support HDR, can be up to 4K resolution at 60 fps, and also support 360° video. [49] [69]
Wittgenstein wanted to emigrate to Russia, first in the twenties, as he wrote in a letter to Paul Engelmann, and again in the thirties, either to work as a labourer or as a philosophy lecturer. Cornish argues that given the nature of the Soviet regime, the possibility that a non-Marxist philosopher (or even one over whom the government could ...
We live in a country where people are truly kicked down when they are at their weakest and most vulnerable, both physically and emotionally.” Arete Tsoukalas had to battle her insurer while ...
Elon Musk's government efficiency panel wants "high IQ" employees and plans weekly livestreams, according to X posts about President-elect Donald Trump's initiative to streamline the U.S. bureaucracy.
In 1976, the International Wittgenstein Symposium was founded by Elisabeth Leinfellner, Werner Leinfellner, Rudolf Haller, Paul Weingartner, and Adolf Hübner in Kirchberg am Wechsel, Lower Austria. The location was chosen because in the 1920s, Ludwig Wittgenstein taught at elementary schools in the area surrounding Kirchberg am Wechsel.