{"product_id":"i-declare-a-permanent-state-9781912475186","title":"I Declare a Permanent State of Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"My entire poetic production is founded upon Wittgenstein's later writings. Although it has sat on my shelf for decades, I never actually read the \u003ci\u003eTractatus\u003c\/i\u003e. But I always loved the idea of it; I am a conceptual writer, after all.\"-- Kenneth Goldsmith \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA major philosophical work, one of the most important written in the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eTractatus Logico-Philosophicus\u003c\/i\u003e is Ludwig Wittgenstein's attempt to conquer reality through logic. Written as a series of precisely numbered propositions, it elucidates the relationship of language to logic and to reality, ending with an infamous statement of breathtaking clarity: \"What can be said at all, can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over to silence\". \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally conceived as part of ERIS's \u003ci\u003eMarginalia\u003c\/i\u003e series of hand-annotated classics, this special edition consists of sixty-two original artworks inspired by the famous tract. Collages, drawings, sketches, handwritten comments, blacked-out and blanched text, shopping receipts and scans-within-scans--these are some of the techniques that appear in the pages of this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKenneth Goldsmith, on his maiden voyage into the unforgiving rigour of Wittgenstein's \u003ci\u003eTractatus\u003c\/i\u003e, shows no appetite for timidity. His works, placed side-by-side with the original text, reveal the breadth and depth not just of its original author's genius, but also of the intervening artist's creative fervour. This is a unique book, beautifully presented in large bound format, and including a handwritten afterword by the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Goldsmith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912475189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912475186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 11.89w x 0.71d","brand":"Kenneth Goldsmith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159180275967,"sku":"9781912475186","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e62a99c2-7812-420b-9efd-ad4a9578a417.jpg?v=1689081085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-declare-a-permanent-state-9781912475186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}