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Wittgenstein in the Trenches

Wittgenstein in the Trenches

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The Italian Front, winter 1917.

In a frozen dugout between artillery barrages, Ludwig Wittgenstein writes by candlelight in the notebook he carries in his backpack. He is constructing what will become the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus—a work of crystalline logical clarity about the structure of language and reality. But tonight, after watching three men die, the gap between what can be said and what cannot be said becomes unbearable. A meditation on the limits of language when confronted with the unspeakable.

About Thresholds of Thought

What if we could hear the conversations philosophy never recorded? The doubts philosophers never confessed? The moments that shaped ideas but left no trace?

Each episode explores these hidden hinges of intellectual history through imagined-but-plausible dialogues, letters, and confessions—rigorously researched, philosophically grounded, and designed to honor both historical context and human complexity.

Production & Transparency

This series combines human philosophical direction (Dr. David Calvo Vélez) with AI creative tools: Claude (script), ElevenLabs (voice), Suno (music), Adobe Firefly (sound), Midjourney (cover art).

Every episode is human-curated, edited, and quality-controlled. Not automated content—AI-augmented philosophical storytelling where technology serves a human creative vision.

Final production: David Calvo Vélez in Audacity.

Contact: david.calvo@gmail.com

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