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In 1993 Wittgenstein was the subject of the film Wittgenstein by the English director Derek Jarman. The film is loosely based on his life story as well as his philosophical thinking. The adult Wittgenstein is played by the Welsh actor Karl Johnson. Terry Eagleton, a critic, called him the philosopher of poets and composers, playwrights and novelists.
- For Wittgenstein's philosophy as therapy, see Peterman, James F. Philosophy as Therapy. SUNY Press, 1992, p. 13ff.
- For the poetic and literary quality of his work, see Perloff, Marjorie. Wittgenstein's Ladder: Poetic Language and the Strangeness of the Ordinary. University of Chicago Press, 1999; and Gibson, John and Wolfgang Huemer (eds.). The Literary Wittgenstein. Psychology Press, 2004, p 2.
- For Eagleton, see Eagleton, Terry. "My Wittgenstein" in Stephen Regan (ed.). The Eagleton Reader. Wiley-Blackwell, 1997, pp. 337–
Wittgenstein was referenced to in the Simpsons episode, "The Springfield Files" by Homer when he attempts to fabricate an alibi of his whereabouts on the nights he saw the alien before Agent Scully (Gillian Anderson) warns him it's a felony to lie to the FBI.
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