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Working on Oneself in Philosophy and Architecture: A Perfectionist Reading of the Wittgenstein House
How are we to understand the relation between Wittgenstein's philosophy and architecture as exemplified by Wittgenstein's only architectural commission, the house in Kundmanngasse, Vienna (1926–1928)? That there is some intimate relation worthy of our attention is attested to by Wittgenstein's stature as a philosopher and the close connection between Wittgenstein's life and thought. Since the Wittgenstein House was built shortly after Wittgenstein published the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921), standard interpretations have seen the House in terms of this book's method, style, or ethics. In this paper, I shall suggest a new perfectionist reading, which takes seriously Wittgenstein's ethical aim of “working on oneself” by overcoming the temptation to instruct others, from some imagined higher plane, about how to live the examined life.
Working on Oneself in Philosophy and Architecture: A Perfectionist Reading of the Wittgenstein House
How are we to understand the relation between Wittgenstein's philosophy and architecture as exemplified by Wittgenstein's only architectural commission, the house in Kundmanngasse, Vienna (1926–1928)? That there is some intimate relation worthy of our attention is attested to by Wittgenstein's stature as a philosopher and the close connection between Wittgenstein's life and thought. Since the Wittgenstein House was built shortly after Wittgenstein published the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921), standard interpretations have seen the House in terms of this book's method, style, or ethics. In this paper, I shall suggest a new perfectionist reading, which takes seriously Wittgenstein's ethical aim of “working on oneself” by overcoming the temptation to instruct others, from some imagined higher plane, about how to live the examined life.
Working on Oneself in Philosophy and Architecture: A Perfectionist Reading of the Wittgenstein House
Macarthur, David (author)
Architectural Theory Review ; 19 ; 124-140
2014-05-04
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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