tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post8120980170000152868..comments2023-05-25T13:17:24.082+00:00Comments on Language, Life and Logic: Thinking about ViennaMark Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-89178219176569118932012-07-26T05:41:18.701+00:002012-07-26T05:41:18.701+00:00I don't know what he means, but he did have a ...I don't know what he means, but he did have a strong sense of sin and sometimes embarrassed friends or acquaintances by confessing to them his failings.<br /><br />No doubt he would see the experience of justification by faith as something beyond language, and most certainly beyond philosophico-theological language. Interestingly, his attitude to the writings of St Paul changed over time (from dismissive to positive).Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-84438340672541295512012-07-26T01:08:13.341+00:002012-07-26T01:08:13.341+00:00I wonder what he meant by this experience of "...I wonder what he meant by this experience of "salvation though faith". Any thoughts?Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898681927233029900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-15350986746598180882012-07-25T13:44:03.201+00:002012-07-25T13:44:03.201+00:00He didn't go to church but he was, I think, ve...He didn't go to church but he was, I think, very religious. Rejected totally the philosophical dimension of the Catholicism he was born into. In the fideist tradition, I would say.<br /><br />"Life can educate one to belief in God." (Culture and Value)<br /><br />"Christianity is not a ... theory about what has happened and will happen to the human soul, but a description of something that actually takes place in human life. For 'consciousness of sin' is a real event and so are despair and salvation through faith." (CV)<br /><br />His sister Hermine considered him Christian. According to von Wright he more than once considered becoming a monk.<br /><br />From Drury's Recollections:<br /><br />"There is a sense in which you and I are both Christians."<br /><br />"I have had a letter from an old friend in Austria, a priest. In it he says he hopes my work will go well, if it should be God's will. Now that is what I want: if it should be God's will."Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-35529701492232315912012-07-25T11:48:08.880+00:002012-07-25T11:48:08.880+00:00Was Wittgenstein a Christian? I can't imagine ...Was Wittgenstein a Christian? I can't imagine him going to church!Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898681927233029900noreply@blogger.com