Wittgenstein and Marx. Marx and Wittgenstein, ed. by F. Sulpizio, M. De Iaco & G. Schimmenti, 2021
The article proposes to distinguish three meanings of "natural history" in Wittgenstein's philoso... more The article proposes to distinguish three meanings of "natural history" in Wittgenstein's philosophy. The first is generic and refers to the traditional idea of natural history that goes from Pliny to De Buffon. The second is morphological and is linked to the works of Goethe and Spengler. Only the third it's truly materialistic: it is found above all in the philosophical writings of mathematics and it is the only meaning capable of giving space, in the description of human life, to history.
Wittgenstein and Marx. Marx and Wittgenstein, ed. by F. Sulpizio, M. De Iaco & G. Schimmenti, 2021
The article proposes to distinguish three meanings of "natural history" in Wittgenstein's philoso... more The article proposes to distinguish three meanings of "natural history" in Wittgenstein's philosophy. The first is generic and refers to the traditional idea of natural history that goes from Pliny to De Buffon. The second is morphological and is linked to the works of Goethe and Spengler. Only the third it's truly materialistic: it is found above all in the philosophical writings of mathematics and it is the only meaning capable of giving space, in the description of human life, to history.
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