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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
6.522 explained
Wittgenstein asserts the existence of the inexpressible, which manifests itself as the mystical.
What happens
Wittgenstein asserts the existence of the inexpressible, which manifests itself as the mystical.
Themes in this chapter
Ethics and the Mystical
Directly addresses the mystical as the inexpressible that shows itself.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
The author of the proposition, articulating the nature of the inexpressible.
Key passages
“There is indeed the inexpressible. This shows itself; it is the mystical.”
There truly are things that cannot be put into words. They reveal themselves; this is the mystical.
Clarifies that the inexpressible is not a failure of language but a domain that manifests beyond it.