tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36235418.post116117618741636098..comments2022-11-14T06:40:41.662-08:00Comments on Tractatus Blogico-Philosophicus: The titleDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08332954000692559637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36235418.post-79754582363177134312008-08-17T03:12:00.000-07:002008-08-17T03:12:00.000-07:00some idle speculations: Moore, who proposed the ti...some idle speculations: Moore, who proposed the title, was interested in ethics and has probably perceived some spinozistic trend in the Tractatus, starting with its world that is seen sub speciae aeternitatis and noting the peculiar sayings about good and evil (commented at 6.43); the main point of Spinoza's Ethics at V.42 <BR/>'Beatitudo non est virtutis præmium sed ipsa virtus' is echoed(?) at 6.422; there is some crooked symmetry between Spinoza's book which, despite its title, is mostly about knowledge and the Tractatus which despite its title is ultimately concerned with ethicsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com