ABSTRACT
With Wittgenstein, language becomes the condition of the mind, its very form. He introduced us to an analysis of language in which it is not the philosophical questioning that counts, but rather the linguistic form of the question, the intonation of the voice, all the bodily elements of language that are now seen to be central. This was extraordinary. And this technique made it possible to reexamine a whole series of problems-private language, suffering, certain moral problems. The linguistic turn was not a minor revolution: it was a total upheaval. Afterward, to a large extent, the rift between Continental philosophy and Anglo-Saxon philosophy prevented us from understanding how strong Wittgenstein’s influence had been on Continental philosophy itself. I think that Continental philosophy would be unthinkable today without the Wittgensteinian heritage.
