Ludwig Wittgenstein · Philosophy

Ethics, the Mystical, and the Life

The thread running through both Wittgenstein’s philosophies is a reverence for what lies beyond theory - ethics, value, the meaning of life - and a conviction that what matters most cannot be captured in doctrine but is shown in how one lives. We draw together the two philosophies, the man, and the legacy of a thinker who lived his philosophy to the end.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that for Wittgenstein, early and late, the most important things - ethics, value, the meaning of life - cannot be captured in factual propositions or theory but show themselves in how one lives; that philosophy is an activity of clarification, not a body of doctrine; and that he lived his philosophy with r…

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