I’ve read just about every work of both Plato and Nietzsche, but I’d like to read a book by Wiggenstein.
Any suggestions? I’d like to read a book by Wiggenstein that’s challenging, but not more difficult to read than Nietzsche (something I can understand; but something that is not too easy).
Or, is Wiggenstein really, really, really, hard to read? 
It’s Wittgenstein, for starters…
That’s the name of the Book?
The name of the philosopher is Wittgenstein.
Well yes, but what’s that have to do with my question?
Kyry is trying to inform you that you spelled Wittgenstein’s name incorrectly. Knowing an author’s name makes it much easier to find books written by him.
Try this link:
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/w/wittgens.htm
It should help you decide whether or not you’re ready for Wittgenstein.
Best of Luck.
Thanks you, Matthew E.! That helps!
Kyry could have at least told me, himself, that I had misspelled Wittgenstein’s name—it would have cleared up some confussion(sp?).
Oh well. I’ll have to read (in more depth) the link which you posted. It looks very informative, and I’ll probably know when I’m finished reading it (the link) wheter or not I’m ready for Wittgenstein or not.
My gut feeling is that I’m going to have to wait a year or so in order to “build-up” a capacity for understanding enough to understnad Wittgenstein.
Thanks!
I’ve read On Certainty and Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, and i own about 8 others by Wittgenstein which remain unread on my dusty bookshelf. They seem to be at opposite extremes, On Certainty being the far easier read.
Hello BMW-Guy,
You might take a look at A.C. Grayling’s very readable Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction. The first chapter of which is online:
oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-285411-9.pdf
Good luck,
Michael
HAHAHHAHA WIGGENSTEIN!!!
anyway, i think you should read “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus” first …it was already mentioned. wittgenstein changed his ideas around pretty drastically during his life. so then read “Philosophical Investigations” for a more linguistic approach to things and stuff.
tractatus is my personal favorite though just for pure ridiculousness. 
Thank-you both, Polemarchus and DarkMagus!
I will take into account both what you said. Thanks!
Kenny’s The Wittgenstenian Reader is what I’d suggest you start with, has chapters of the main themes in Wittgenstein’s writings, quite easy to follow too
I’ll look inti that (and thank-you very much for your suggestion), but I really prefer reading books writen by philosophers; not about them or about their works.
My mistake for not making myself clear- Kenny is the editor, and he’s basically divided the book into chapters (eg Following a Rule, The First Person, The Private Language Argument etc.), presenting Wittgenstein’s work (in Wittgenstein’s words), but in a way that he’s grouped the arguments, making them easier to follow. It’s not a commentary
ooooooooh! Now that sounds enticing!
I say, can I buy it at like a Borders or a Barnes and Noble? Or, do I have to get it at an Amazon.com thing? Oh, and would you by any chance know approximately how much it costs? Thanks!
I don’t know, it published by Blackwell’s, you might want to try amazon.co.uk. Not entirely sure about the price, I bought it for around 15 pounds, you’ll probably find cheaper copies.
UK? You mean I’m going have to pay an arm and a leg for shipping-charges to get it from UK to USA?
i think, as some folks here seem to be suggesting, that reading a book about wittgenstein (as your first endeavor) is probably better than reading a book by wittgenstein. the tractatus is still a must-read though.
listen to you with your little german obsession.
Whitelotus: This german thing is getting old----fast.