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cannot be expressed. Such matters importance and value. It is
lie beyond the manifest world perhaps for this reason that
and, as a result, are devoid of some argue that only
meaning, inexpressible, and something superior can give
disregarded. (Wittgenstein, meaning to human life. (Ibid: 149)
2001: 104) Therefore, speaking about
Wittgenstein considers ethics ethics and issuing moral
and aesthetics in the Tractatus judgments would also be
as matters that cannot be meaningless because they
expressed, and he places them cannot be referred to anything
under the category of evaluative in the world. Thus, it can be
propositions. argued that going beyond the
According to Wittgenstein, realm of factual matters
both ethics and aesthetics, by means entering the realm of
addressing something transcendent values; As Wittgenstein states:
and beyond the realities of the It is clear that ethics and
world, are inexpressible, absolute, aesthetics are both transcendent.
and concerned with superior They are the same mysterious
truths that lie outside the thing. (Ibid: 522-526)
world. However, if they pertain
to actual and relative matters, Distinguishing between what
they will find their place can be said and what can be
within the world. shown is an important aspect
From Wittgenstein's perspective, of the Tractatus. (Moyal-
something that gives value Sharrock et al, 2015: 349)
and meaning to ordinary life Wittgenstein's efforts to shed
cannot itself be a part of that light on the issue of ethics
life devoid of ultimate also encompass aesthetics and
are not unrelated; As he says,
