I don't rate this one star because of the ideas Wittgenstein attempts to get across, but for the manner with which he expresses himself. He made my reading of Being and Nothingness seem like a reading of an issue of Maxim by comparison. As I'm reading his propositions, I often think that I'm missing the secret decoder ring that surely must have been packaged with the book upon publication. Funny that he speaks of the limitations of language when he writes so poorly.

It is only when reading others' takes on his ideas that I finally begin to get what the big deal is about...and even then, I'm still looking for a good resource to help me. I really do want to delve deeper into the subject matter.