The Mystical in Wittgenstein's Early Writings

This book considers the hypothesis that the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be interpreted from a mystical point of view. Atkinson elucidates Wittgenstein’s thoughts on the mystical as they pertain to a number of topics such as, God, the meaning of life, reality, the eternal and the solipsistic self.

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The aim of this book is to consider what reasonably follows from the hypothesis that the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be interpreted from a mystical point of view. Atkinson intends to elucidate Wittgenstein’s thoughts on the mystical in his early writings as they pertain to a number of topics such as, God, the meaning of life, reality, the eternal and the solipsistic self.