A Lecture on Ethics.
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig.
Published by The Sage School of Philosophy Cornell University January 1965, Ithaca, NY, 1965
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The Text of the Only "Popular" Lecture Wittgenstein Ever DeliveredTP + 3-131 + [132]-[144] = Publisher's ads. Octavo. First Edition (Fr/McG: L.E., p. 43). In an earnest attempt to be understood by "laypeople" - in this case, a group of highly esteemed scholars and scientists - Wittgenstein attempted to address a common problem in more common language. Rather than disappearing completely into the world of the incomprehensible (his usual habitat), Wittgenstein delivered his only public statement on ethics: Ethics, so far as it springs from the desire to say something about the meaning of life, the absolute good, the absolute valuable, can be no science. What it says does not add to our knowledge in any sense. But it is a document of a tendency in the human mind which I personally cannot help respecting deeply and I would not for my life ridicule it.This lecture is one of the few occasions where Wittgenstein offers his audience a glimpse of his often-hidden compassion. For Ludwig, the ethical dilemma doesn't operate within a moral framework of justice, but rather within a linguistic framework of truth. Language's failure to be a medium of the truth means that language can only really be used in the service of dishonesty; thus, ethics remains beholden to the unsayable, unable to be meaningfully captured by language. When it comes to being a "decent person" - one of his lifelong goals - what counts is not what you say. What counts is what you do. In other words, as he wrote in his notebooks: "What is good is also divine. Queer as it sounds, that sums up my ethics." Original publisher's wraps printed on the front and the spine. Lightly sun discolored around the outer edges and along the spine. Otherwise, a clean, tight and bright copy of this fragile wraps copy. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Seller Inventory # 1452
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Title: A Lecture on Ethics.
Publisher: The Sage School of Philosophy Cornell University January 1965, Ithaca, NY
Publication Date: 1965
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: FIRST EDITION.
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