Editing Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (section)

==Description and context==
The ''Tractatus'' employs an austere and succinct literary style. The work contains almost no arguments as such, but rather consists of declarative statements, or passages, that are meant to be self-evident. The statements are hierarchically numbered, with seven basic propositions at the primary level (numbered 1–7), with each sub-level being a comment on or elaboration of the statement at the next higher level (e.g., 1, 1.1, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13). In all, the Tractatus comprises 525 numbered statements.

When [[Bertrand Russell]] suggested to Wittgenstein that he ought to provide arguments and not merely state what he thinks, Wittgenstein replied that this would spoil the book's beauty and would be like touching a flower with muddy hands.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Klagge |first1=James C. |title=Wittgenstein in Exile |date=2011 |publisher=MIT Press |page=6}}</ref> 

The ''Tractatus'' is recognized by philosophers as a significant philosophical work of the twentieth century and was influential chiefly amongst the [[Logical positivism|logical positivist]] philosophers of the [[Vienna Circle]], such as [[Rudolf Carnap]] and [[Friedrich Waismann]]. Bertrand Russell's article "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism" is presented as a working out of ideas that he had learned from Wittgenstein.<ref>Bertrand Russell (1918), "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism". ''The Monist''. p.&nbsp;177, as published, for example in [http://www.hist-analytic.com/RussellLAfacts.pdf Bertrand Russell (Robert Charles Marsh ed.) ''Logic and Knowledge'']. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517102630/http://www.hist-analytic.com/RussellLAfacts.pdf |date=2013-05-17 }}. Accessed 2010-01-29.</ref>

The English translation of the Tractatus was published with an introduction by Bertrand Russell.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Biletzki |first1=A. |title=(Over)Interpreting Wittgenstein |date=2012 |publisher=Springer |page=38}}</ref> Wittgenstein was unimpressed by Russell's introduction, considering it superficial and a misunderstanding of his work.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kohav |first1=Alex S. |title=Mysticism and Meaning: Multidisciplinary Perspectives |date=2019 |publisher=Three Pines Press |page=13}}</ref>