La influencia sobre Wittgenstein de la obra de Weininger Über Die Letzten Dinge

Abstract

After making reference to the socio-cultural context of fin-de-siècle Vienna —in which Otto Weininiger’s work appears— I describe in this paper the main characteristics of the influence that Weininger’s Über die letzten Dinge had on Ludwig Wittgenstein. I deal specifically with the way Wittgenstein’s work reflects Weininger’s remarks on criminality, animality, and madness.