Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein declares the identity of the self and the world, describing the subject as the microcosm.
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Wittgenstein declares the identity of the self and the world, describing the subject as the microcosm.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Solipsism and the Subject
The proposition 'I am my world' directly expresses the solipsistic identification of the self with the world, and the subject as the limit.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition asserting the self as the world.
Key passages
“I am my world. (The microcosm.)”
The self and the world are identical; the subject is a small-scale reflection of the whole.
Wittgenstein collapses the distinction between the experiencing subject and the totality of facts, presenting the self as the world in miniature.
