Wittgenstein's Tractatus as a Work of Initiation
Vol 5, No 8 (2004) • Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy
Autor: Paulo Roberto Margutti Pinto
Resumo:
This article constitutes a résumé of the comprehensive interpretation of the Tractatus presented in my book Initiation into Silence, published in 1998. It attempts to show that Wittgenstein.s text is in fact a work of initiation in the sense that it expresses an experience involving the complementarity between “dying” and “being reborn”. The central idea is that the critique of language, when taken to its ultimate consequences, leads to the suicide of philosophical discourse (death), opening in this way the path for a logical conceptual clarification which culminates in a silent contemplation of the meaning of life (rebirth).
ISSN: ISSN: 1984-8234
Texto Completo: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/6540
Palavras-Chave: Wittgenstein ,Tractatus,Logic,Critique of la
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