Wittgenstein, Schopenhauer and the Metaphysics of Suicide

In this paper, I argue that the meaning of Wittgenstein’s remarks on suicide should be elucidated against the background of the transcendental picture that permeates Wittgenstein’s early writings. This picture is, in its essentials, Schopenhauer’s metaphysics of the Will. It is part of my purpose he...

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Main Author: Modesto Gómez-Alonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora Universitária Champagnat - PUCPRESS 2018-04-01
Series:Revista de Filosofia
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Online Access:https://periodicos.pucpr.br/index.php/aurora/article/view/23351