From: Elizaphanian (Elizaphanian@members.v21.co.uk)
Date: Sat Nov 30 2002 - 19:12:14 GMT
Hi Trivik,
> if i remeber correctly Wittgenstein was a committed christian. and like
> all good homosexual christians hated himself for his basic biological
> urges.
Wittgenstein was not a committed Christian, he explicitly 'couldn't bring
himself to believe the sorts of things they believe'. He had a good
understanding of Christianity, though, and famously said that he 'saw
everything from a religious point of view'. Sounds like you may have been
reading Colin Wilson on Wittgenstein. His self-loathing (which evolved and
mellowed over time) was not primarily focussed on his sexuality. Which
doesn't have a lot to do with his philosophy either. You might as well say
that he hated himself for his Jewish origins, or for being rich.
> if the interpretation is accepted by the person who penned the paragraph,
> then i see a contradiction.
> claim 1: i live my life based on quality.
> claim 2: quality exists (before/while/after i die)
> --------
> claim 3: my life is not based on a part of me that lives on
>
> 1 + 2 not equal to 3
You'll need to unpack that a little, but it is intriguing. Claim 2 could
mean 'exist' in an eternal sense, whereas claim 3 seems to be using it in an
'everlasting' sense.
Sam
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