Wonderful article for a short introduction into his work. He was a fascinating personality and his writings are extraordinary. He „only“ published two books in his lifetime, one being tractatus logico-philosophicus, the other being a dictionary for school children. Philosophical Investigations was published post-humously, but it is an excellent view into his mind.

As mentioned in the article, there are no subsections, no table of contents. It consists of almost 700 paragraphs. You have to read it from beginning to end. Why I find that great in its own way? Maybe the analogy with the movie >Being John Malkovitch< may help: you are like a visitor in his head. Our thoughts are not tidy and ordered into sections. When you think about a problem (like he does with language and what it is and what it can do and what not), your mind wanders; you come across different issues, tackle them, then come back. It‘s like a written thought process.

I can really recommend this book. Its language is easy. As soon as you get used to its style, you can follow.