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I do NOT recommend this book. Contemplation this book during college lead me into very difficult psychological territory, without any light at the end of the tu
by clbrmbr 3y ago
I do NOT recommend this book. Contemplation this book during college lead me into very difficult psychological territory, without any light at the end of the tunnel.
Looking back, I was lead astray by the book’s false assumption that one formal system can capture all of philosophy. One is given the impression that Wittgenstein cracked the code of the mind-universe, and that if you cannot understand what he’s talking about, then you are just not cut out for intellectual work in this era.
Of course I now realize that is hogwash, but it threw me for a loop at the time.
- clbrmbr 3y agoReading some of the other very thoughtful comments on this thread, I realize the above probably says more about my psychology than it does about the TLP. Nonetheless, I think a cautionary tale is warranted here similar to long intensive meditation retreats… attempting to change your conception of the world based on TLP can break things!