Louis Adolf Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg (German: Ludwig Adolf Peter Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; Russian: Пётр...
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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (/ˈvɪtɡənʃtaɪn, -staɪn/ VIT-gən-s(h)tyne, Austrian German: [ˈluːdvɪk ˈjoːsɛf ˈjoːhan ˈvɪtɡn̩ʃtaɪn]; 26 April 1889 – 29...
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eldest child of the celebrated German–Russian field marshal, Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg. Ludwig was half-Polish through his...
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left the Russian Empire, he drew back to Königsberg, followed by Peter Wittgenstein. On 25 December one of his generals Yorck von Wartenburg found himself...
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allied army of the Sixth Coalition. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to forestall Napoleon's capture of Leipzig, attacked the...
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Polotsk by the right wing of the Russian Army, under command of General Peter Wittgenstein. This prevented the French march on the Russian capital, Saint Petersburg;...
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General Peter Wittgenstein. The Prusso-Russian army was in a full retreat following their defeat at the Battle of Lützen. Finally, generals Wittgenstein and...
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Look up Wittgenstein in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ludwig Wittgenstein (Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein, 1889 – 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher...
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Philosophical Investigations (category Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Ludwig Wittgenstein, published posthumously in 1953. Philosophical Investigations is divided into two parts, consisting of what Wittgenstein calls, in...
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was a county of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, comprising the lands of the region of Sayn. It was created as a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein...
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (redirect from Proposition 7 (Wittgenstein))
only book-length philosophical work by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein that was published during his lifetime. The project had a broad goal:...
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Pyotr Bagration (redirect from Peter Bagration)
"Prince Peter Bagration" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 235 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Prince Peter Bagration" ...
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invasion of Russia. In this encounter the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein attacked and defeated a Franco-Bavarian force under Laurent Gouvion...
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Wittgenstein is a 1993 experimental comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Derek Jarman, and produced by Tariq Ali. An international co-production...
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Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army under Field Marshal Wittgenstein and Admiral Chichagov. Napoleon was retreating toward Poland in chaos...
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took place on 17–18 August 1812, Russian troops under the command of Peter Wittgenstein fought French and Bavarian troops led by Nicolas Oudinot near the...
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Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Count Bennigsen Pyotr Bagration Peter Wittgenstein Frederick William III of Prussia Gebhard von Blücher Duke of Brunswick...
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Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Count Bennigsen Pyotr Bagration Peter Wittgenstein Frederick William III of Prussia Gebhard von Blücher Duke of Brunswick...
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Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Count Bennigsen Pyotr Bagration Peter Wittgenstein Frederick William III of Prussia Gebhard von Blücher Duke of Brunswick...
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and 128 guns; the Right Wing consisted of Russians and Prussians under Wittgenstein and included 2 Russian infantry divisions and von Kleist's Prussian corps...
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Paul Wittgenstein (November 5, 1887 – March 3, 1961) was an Austrian-American concert pianist notable for commissioning new piano concerti for the left...
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Alexander I. He received a visit from the Tsar's most impetuous aide, Prince Peter Dolgorukov. The meeting was another part of the trap, as Napoleon intentionally...
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Marianne, Dowager Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, (born Baroness Maria Anna Mayr von Melnhof; 9 December 1919) is a German noblewoman, socialite, a...
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May, Napoleon and the advance guard entered Lützen. Russian General Peter Wittgenstein, who now commanded the Coalition allies in place of Field Marshal...
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and Value, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Translated by Peter Winch, (1980, Revised Edition 1989) Studies in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein (ed), 1969 "Understanding...
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Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Count Bennigsen Pyotr Bagration Peter Wittgenstein Frederick William III of Prussia Gebhard von Blücher Duke of Brunswick...
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Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein. 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the...
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Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language is a 1982 book by philosopher of language Saul Kripke in which he contends that the central argument of Ludwig...
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Countess Amalie Luise of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg (1771-1853), sister of the Russian field marshal Peter Wittgenstein. He was the eldest son and received...
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of the highest goods." In many portraits (particularly those painted by Peter Fendi) he was portrayed as the patriarch of a loving family, surrounded...
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