This book considers the hypothesis that the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be interpreted from a mystical point of view. Atkinson elucidates Wittgenstein's thoughts on the mystical as they pertain to a number of topics such as, God, the meaning of life, reality, the eternal and the solipsistic self.

The aim of this book is to consider what reasonably follows from the hypothesis that the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus can be interpreted from a mystical point of view. Atkinson intends to elucidate Wittgenstein's thoughts on the mystical in his early writings as they pertain to a number of topics such as, God, the meaning of life, reality, the eternal and the solipsistic self.