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Single Idea 2940

[from 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' by Ludwig Wittgenstein, in 16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self ]

Full Idea

The subject does not belong to the world; rather, it is a limit of the world.

Gist of Idea

The subject stands outside our understanding of the world

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 5.632)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Pears)', ed/tr. Pears,D. /McGuinness,B. [RKP 1961], p.57


A Reaction

Interesting. We must not confuse epistemology with ontology, but the perceived world exists between two limits - the farthest reaches of my perceptions, and the farthest reaches of myself. I wish I could clearly disentangle the nearer border. Dasein?