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Enrolled as a sergeant in the Semyonovsky Regiment of the Imperial Russian Army at the age of 12 in 1781, Wittgenstein began actual military service as a Wachtmeister in the Life Guard Horse Regiment in 1789. In 1793 he gained promotion to Major in the Ukrainian light cavalry regiment.
Peter Wittgenstein came from an aristocratic family of Prussian origin. He was born on 5 January, 1769, and at the age of 21 enlisted as a sergeant on 1 April, 1781, in the Life Guard Semeyonovsk Regiment. He was an excellent and courageous horseman who fought in the Russo-Polish War in 1794, during which time he was awarded the Order of St ...
Louis Adolf Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg , better known as Peter Wittgenstein in English, was a Prince of the German dynasty Sayn-Wittgenstein and Field Marshal in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic wars. He was nicknamed the Saviour of Saint-Petersburg.
Feb 18, 2013 · Dr. Peter Hacker is one of the most notable authorities on Wittgenstein and a distinguished historian of the analytic tradition.
The latest installment of our Russian campaign blog series takes a look at the life and military career of Pyotr (Peter) Wittgenstein, one of the most celebrated heroes in the Russian army during the Napoleonic invasion of 1812 but who has been overlooked in many histories of the campaign.
Feb 28, 2013 · This volume of newly written chapters on the history and interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus represents a significant step beyond the polemical debate between broad interpretive approaches that has recently characterized the field.
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Jan 26, 2007 · Wittgenstein turns to the idea of a science of aesthetics, an idea for which he has precious little sympathy (“almost too ridiculous for words” [Wittgenstein 1966, 11]).
