Kierkegaard e o Tractatus

Abstract

This study aims to investigate if the relationships between Kierkegaard and the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be assessed from considerations about the nature of language. That would provide a philosophical justification for Wittgenstein’s claim that "Kierkegaard is the deepest thinker of the last century", as an alternative to the view adopted by some scholars that the common point between the two authors is the split between the sphere of values and the sphere of facts. It would also be possible to establish a link between the reflections of the Danish philosopher and Wittgenstein’s approach to ethics in the Tractatus; this is a point that was acknowledged by scholars but remains unclear.