A hundred years ago, October 18th 1911, young Wittgenstein invaded Russells room to start studying with him. Seven years later he had finished the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus; a highly original ethical deed that involved presenting a logical system in literary fashion. The current book sets out to show that despite its condensed literary presentation the Tractatus has a strong interpretation, both philosophically and in its technical fine-structure. It makes clear how Wittgensteins early views on ethics and logic are related to his symbolic turn. To this end, the symbolic nature of...