Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus

Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus . Michael Morris makes sense of Wittgenstein's brief but often cryptic text, highlighting its key themes. He introduces and analyzes: Wittgenstein's life and the background to the Tractatus the ideas and text of the Tractatus the continuing importance of Wittgenstein's work to philosophy today, Wittgenstein is the most important twentieth-century philosopher in the English speaking world. This book will be essential reading for all students of philosophy of language and metaphysics.Dodd, J. is the author of 'Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus' with ISBN 9780415357227 and ISBN 0415357225.