Wittegnstein led a fascinating and fast life. Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was born on 26 April 1889, the son of the steel industrialist Karl Wittgenstein, born in Vienna.

Wittgenstein was awarded to 14 Age of private lessons. He attended the Realschule in Linz. From 1906 he studied at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin-Charlottenburg engineering. After four semesters, he moved to England. There he continued his studies in Manchester and made first acquaintance with academic philosophy.