<story><title>Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Mind on Fire</title><url>https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2021/09/ludwig-wittgenstein-a-mind-on-fire</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>klik99</author><text>My rule of thumb summary of Wittgenstein: If you can spend an entire book on the meaning of a concept (IE Truth-with-a-capital-T, The meaning of life) then you may be confusing an artifact of grammar and language with something that exists in actual reality.&lt;p&gt;In other words, just because you can construct a correct sentence with a word doesn&amp;#x27;t mean it actually makes sense. Statements can be true or false, but can a heart be true? My understanding is the Tractatus was meant to &amp;quot;end philosophy&amp;quot; by implying that most of philosophy arises from the confusion between these grammatical artifacts and reality.&lt;p&gt;I read a lot of philosophy in my 20s, but I think only Marcus Aurelius and Wittgenstein actual made me into a better, happier person.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Mind on Fire</title><url>https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2021/09/ludwig-wittgenstein-a-mind-on-fire</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>yamrzou</author><text>One of the highly underrated contributions of Wittgenstein that doesn&amp;#x27;t get the attention it deserves is his book &amp;quot;&lt;i&gt;On Certainty&lt;/i&gt;&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a book on philosophical skepticism and the nature of doubt which he wrote late in his life.&lt;p&gt;It has a unique writing style, which feels like a thought dump, but it was eye opening for me.&lt;p&gt;Edit: If you want to read a bit more about it, you might be interested in this series of posts by Sam26 on the (now gone) philosophy forums: &lt;i&gt;Wittgenstein&amp;#x27;s Early and Later Philosophy - With Emphasis on &amp;quot;On Certainty&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20160304215023&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.philosophyforums.com&amp;#x2F;threads&amp;#x2F;wittgenstein-a-summary-41631.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20160304215023&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.phi...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>