Though I have found no evidence of its inspiration by Wittgenstein&#x27;s experience, nonetheless one is reminded of the title character in Herman Hesse&#x27;s &quot;Magister Ludi&quot;, who<p>[Spoiler Alert]<p>abnegates his position as head of the world&#x27;s leading (perhaps only) academy to seek a reification of philosophy (to &quot;bring it into contact with the broader world&quot;), in part through the tutoring of a childhood friend&#x27;s young son.<p>I must at some point comb through the accounts of both attempts at this goal, to see if the resemblance is more than superficial.