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            74  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 10(34), Spring. 2023
               Thus,      the     sense      of       philosophy does not distinguish
            meaninglessness  is  closely              between  ethics  and  aesthetics
            related     to    how     humans          and  considers  these  two
            perceive  the  concepts  of  life         elements as one.
            and  death.  By  changing

            perspectives  and  viewing  the           A.  The  New  Concept  of
            world      from      an    eternal        Happiness
            standpoint      and     accepting         In  a  section  of  his  notes,

            circumstances,  one  can  face            Wittgenstein writes:
            fears  and  life's  difficulties             Is  it  the  essence  of  the
            relatively  easily,  which  are              artistic  gaze  to  view  the

            the  breeding  ground  for  the              world  joyfully  (happily)?
            emergence of existential thought.            (Wittgenstein, 2000: 20&10&16)
                                                         And  the  next  day,  he
                2.  Aesthetic Component

            It can be observed with careful           writes:
            examination of Wittgenstein's                Life  is  serious.  Art  is  joy.
                                                         The  purpose  of  art  is
            works  and  life  that  aesthetic

            concerns have always been at                 beauty. And beauty is what
            the center of his attention and              brings about the creation of
            constitute a focal point in his              happiness (bliss). (Ibid)

            philosophy. However, Wittgenstein's          Perhaps Wittgenstein's intention
            remarks  in  the  Tractatus               behind expressing these statements
            regarding  aesthetics  are  very          can be interpreted as follows:

            limited  and  scarce.  He  only           It is art that has the ability to
            mentions aesthetics “Ästhetik”            create happiness in life.
            once in this book.                           Wittgenstein firmly believed
               As  previously  mentioned,             that creating a joyful existence

            Wittgenstein  in  his  early              is  a  practical  act  that  art  is
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