Janik and Toulmin's book Wittgenstein's Vienna deliberately ranges all over, it brings a whole host of intellectual threads together, arts, sciences, politics, journalism - from the pre-WWI period into an intimidating, but also rather heady and overpowering, mix. Though not the heart of the book, their concluding chapters are the easiest to quote. (more)
Cam Riley: South Sea Republic. Freedom, liberty, equity and an Australian Republic.