Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime, theTractatus 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 theTractatusthe ideas and text of theTractatusthe 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. | Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus by Michael Morris, Paperback | Indigo Chapters