World views and perceiving God Book

This is a really nice introduction to Wittgenstein, with particular attention to the religious dimensions of his thought. Especially the first chapter, which focusses on Wittgenstein's ed. book Culture and Value, is of much value.

It mostly focusses on Wittgenstein's later work though. As Pierre Hadot already said: Wittgenstein's later work is less interesting than the Tractatus, because Wittgenstein at some point stopped seeing philosophy as a spiritual exercise.

I think it would have been interesting if Malcolm would have payed more attention to the Tractatus. The Tractatus ends in a kind of mysticism that seems to me also deeply religious. Indeed, Wittgenstein explicitly says in T. 4.112. that philosophy is an activity and not a set of doctrines.

That is to say, whereas his later work is only able to evaluate religion from a third person point of view, the tractatus seems to be also open to a first person religious perspective. Either way, I enjoyed Malcom's book (and, not to forget, Peter Winch's afterword)!