/lit/ - Literature

He was right about everything

>One must, so to speak, throw away the ladder after he has climbed up it
What are some exceptions to this rule?

>Wittgenstein's religious belief emerged during his service for the Austrian army in World War I, and he was a devoted reader of Dostoevsky's and Tolstoy's religious writings. He viewed his wartime experiences as a trial in which he strived to conform to the will of God, and in a journal entry from 29 April 1915, he writes:
>"Perhaps the nearness of death will bring me the light of life. May God enlighten me. I am a worm, but through God I become a man. God be with me. Amen."

What does /lit/ think about Wittgenstein?

Here are some of his favorites which caught my eye
>The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky
>The Varieties of Religious Experience by W. James.
>The King of the Dark Chamber by Tagore
>Confessions by St Augustine
>Sex and Character by Weininger
>Kierkegaard's work

>>17766631
Kinda looks like Wittgenstein

Does he even have ANY flaws?

Where do I start with Sylvia Plath?

>""It's not gay if you say it is not""

>>10362137
End with me

Is there any relationship between Wittgenstein's works (Tractatus and PI) and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

How does one be as ridiculously intense and passionate as this guy?

What did he mean by this?

Can someone explain the current state of philosophy to me? Is it as dead a field as the memes say it is? I know that philosophy has it's own merits and I'm just curious as to how it's going in the 21st century after Wittgenstein and Co. basically tore it a new asshole. From what I can tell, it seems like either a bunch of mathematical autism that goes nowhere, or hand wavy bs that no one takes seriously.

Is your life an experiment?

Post a passage from the most unintelligible philosophical text you've ever read.

"Words are very unnecessary/ they can only do harm"
-Depeche Mode

Of course such a notion is subjective, but whenever the question is asked.."Who was the greatest...or who was the most impactful/influential philosopher of the 20th century"


the general consensus tends to be This guy or Heidegger...

why is this? what did he do?

[quiets eternally]

>>8503285
That bitch is 100% certain related to Wittgenstein. Look at that soulful yet autistic gaze. It's eerily alike.

>>8502496
Heidegger's philosophy of time is just a mild re-imagining of Husserl, his being is just poorly written existentialism (Mostly Kierkegaard).

If you're going to read 20th century philosophy don't waste your time with the losing side.

Is it necessary to read the Tractatus to understand Wittgenstein's ideas? I heard that he refutes a lot of his previous arguments in the Philosophical Investigations. Also, what should I have read before reading Witt in order to understand him? How much logic should I know?

Do you agree with the list?
Witty wins?

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/so-who-is-the-most-important-philosopher-of-the-past-200-years.html

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