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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
I love this little book.
Two hot takes:
1) It's much weirder than you imagine (or remember).
2) It has incredible literary value.
Oh, it also makes no fucking sense.
<3
Two hot takes:
1) It's much weirder than you imagine (or remember).
2) It has incredible literary value.
Oh, it also makes no fucking sense.
<3
I had to DNF, this book kicked my ass. I’ll have to try again when my brain grows bigger.
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Oeuvre dense et plutôt complexe, malgré que sa lecture soit assez aisée car elle consiste essentiellement en une suite de propositions logique (de commentaires sur celui le précédant) structurées selon un schéma d'arborescence ou de sections/sous-sections.
challenging
Language is a great tool to communicate. However, it can be an obstacle and a big constraint for the way we perceive the world.
In Wittgenstein's work, he presents an approach between language and its limits, as well as the relationship between the world and science. Under this approach, it's demonstrated self-evident statements about transcendental thoughts.
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, hierarchically presented with simple and literary statements, is divided into seven main propositions.
“In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic.”
"Logic is not a theory but a reflection of the world"
The author defends that logic and facts should be delivered simply and concisely. Ironically speaking, he had to use a harsh and raw text to prove that.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world"
Occasionally we have a certain thought or feeling that we can't describe. This means that we are under the language radar, which is too limited for the total perceptions of the world.
Aldous Huxley, on his work "The Doors of perception", managed to explain how he perceived the world under the effect of psychedelics. According to Huxley's experience, his notion of language got neutralized and his perception of the world increased dramatically. Objects lost their grammatical connotation and gained an intrinsical meaning that can't be explained through language.
In some experiences, words are not enough to express certain feelings and perceptions.
"We make to ourselves pictures of the facts"
"The Picture has the logical form of representation in common with what it pictures"
Words can have different meanings and different pictures. Since pictures are models of reality, those models can be quite tricky during our lives. For instance, when we tell a specific story that had happened, the image of that same story will be different from the person we are communicating. The same happens with innuendo jokes about specific topics. Moreover, it also happens when certain discourses perceive different emotional connotations.
Music, for instance, is just an arrangement of sounds with certain features. But, its symbolic value is given independently of its value in reality. Whether music is an arrangement of sounds or not, its intrinsical value is provided by society and by ourselves (in a personal and subjective way).
One can describe the characteristics of a certain song but that same description is not the song in a real sense. So, the only way to perceive that song is by showing it, because that specific song has a language of its own ("Thus we cannot say that there is a correspondence between language and reality, but the correspondence itself can only be shown since our language is not capable of describing its own logical structure.").
"The world is independent of my will".
This is one of the most interesting statements of the book. It's one of the thoughts that I've presumed beforehand. This observation states that no matter how hard I wish something, it won't have any impact on the real world unless that thought turns into action. Accordingly, Wittgenstein condemned superstition and other folkloric myths. ("Even if everything we wished were to happen, this would only be, so to speak, a favour of fate, for there is no logical connexion between will and world, which would guarantee this, and the assumed physical connexion itself we could not again will.")
Thinking too much can lead to unsolved problems, making us therefore trapped under constant thought. There are more things we don't know than those we know. The Universe works in mysterious ways that we can't even explain. In some circumstances, language can be a big obstacle for the way we experience our surroundings. Meditation, for instance, is an incredible example that puts in connection with ourselves and with the world.
Wittgenstein presents an unbelievable work with several mind-blowing statements. Throughout our history, numerous unsolved questions about the world have been made. On top of that, those questions, most of the time, haven't lead us nowhere. For that reason, if we have the world ahead of us, we should start to live more and find our meanings during our paths.
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”
Rating: 4.3/5 stars
In Wittgenstein's work, he presents an approach between language and its limits, as well as the relationship between the world and science. Under this approach, it's demonstrated self-evident statements about transcendental thoughts.
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, hierarchically presented with simple and literary statements, is divided into seven main propositions.
“In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic.”
"Logic is not a theory but a reflection of the world"
The author defends that logic and facts should be delivered simply and concisely. Ironically speaking, he had to use a harsh and raw text to prove that.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world"
Occasionally we have a certain thought or feeling that we can't describe. This means that we are under the language radar, which is too limited for the total perceptions of the world.
Aldous Huxley, on his work "The Doors of perception", managed to explain how he perceived the world under the effect of psychedelics. According to Huxley's experience, his notion of language got neutralized and his perception of the world increased dramatically. Objects lost their grammatical connotation and gained an intrinsical meaning that can't be explained through language.
In some experiences, words are not enough to express certain feelings and perceptions.
"We make to ourselves pictures of the facts"
"The Picture has the logical form of representation in common with what it pictures"
Words can have different meanings and different pictures. Since pictures are models of reality, those models can be quite tricky during our lives. For instance, when we tell a specific story that had happened, the image of that same story will be different from the person we are communicating. The same happens with innuendo jokes about specific topics. Moreover, it also happens when certain discourses perceive different emotional connotations.
Music, for instance, is just an arrangement of sounds with certain features. But, its symbolic value is given independently of its value in reality. Whether music is an arrangement of sounds or not, its intrinsical value is provided by society and by ourselves (in a personal and subjective way).
One can describe the characteristics of a certain song but that same description is not the song in a real sense. So, the only way to perceive that song is by showing it, because that specific song has a language of its own ("Thus we cannot say that there is a correspondence between language and reality, but the correspondence itself can only be shown since our language is not capable of describing its own logical structure.").
"The world is independent of my will".
This is one of the most interesting statements of the book. It's one of the thoughts that I've presumed beforehand. This observation states that no matter how hard I wish something, it won't have any impact on the real world unless that thought turns into action. Accordingly, Wittgenstein condemned superstition and other folkloric myths. ("Even if everything we wished were to happen, this would only be, so to speak, a favour of fate, for there is no logical connexion between will and world, which would guarantee this, and the assumed physical connexion itself we could not again will.")
Thinking too much can lead to unsolved problems, making us therefore trapped under constant thought. There are more things we don't know than those we know. The Universe works in mysterious ways that we can't even explain. In some circumstances, language can be a big obstacle for the way we experience our surroundings. Meditation, for instance, is an incredible example that puts in connection with ourselves and with the world.
Wittgenstein presents an unbelievable work with several mind-blowing statements. Throughout our history, numerous unsolved questions about the world have been made. On top of that, those questions, most of the time, haven't lead us nowhere. For that reason, if we have the world ahead of us, we should start to live more and find our meanings during our paths.
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”
Rating: 4.3/5 stars