Heard he had multiple casual relations with his students. — Akanthinos

Stop, your making Wittgenstein sound like a human!

Sorry for being an apologetic Wittgensteinian, haha!

Stop, your making Wittgenstein sound like a human! — Posty McPostface

Well, good, reading again my comment I didn't want to make him sound like an asshole. I mean, very often, when a teacher sleep with his student, that's in part because he's an asshole, but sometimes its not. So yeah, a human being.

Anyways, even if I think he wasn't a saint and that he probably was a tortured individual (Karl W. seemed like a fucking psychopath), he was still significantly less creepy than Heiddy.

Putting aside his sexual orientation, no matter what it might have been. I wouldn't want to live Wittgenstein's life. I don't see much that is worthy of admiration. He clearly physically assaulted some of the children in his schoolroom. He was hard to get along with.

I suppose he did have some good qualities. He valued honesty. He even went so far as to go back and apologize to the schoolchildren.

He definitely had some interesting things to say about philosophy.

Well, good, reading again my comment I didn't want to make him sound like an asshole. I mean, very often, when a teacher sleep with his student, that's in part because he's an asshole, but sometimes its not. So yeah, a human being. — Akanthinos

First of all, there is no evidence that Wittgenstein had sex with his male students. And I certainly doubt it, since he had some very ascetic sexual views, regardless of what his orientation happened to be.

First of all, there is no evidence that Wittgenstein had sex with his male students. And I certainly doubt it, since he had some very ascetic sexual views, regardless of what his orientation happened to be. — Agustino

Factually wrong. He had a long-term relationship with Francis Skinner, one of his students, starting around 1933. He later expressed guilt and regret at how manipulative he had been with Skinner.

Factually wrong. He had a long-term relationship with Francis Skinner, one of his students, starting around 1933. He later expressed guilt and regret at how manipulative he had been with Skinner. — Akanthinos

Hmmm I've never come across this before, but seems to be true.