To Ludwig Wittgenstein, language was at best an imperfect construction, unable to properly relate the inner workings of the human experience. A giant among analytic philosophers, Wittgenstein spent most of his life striving to define the complex interaction of meaning and understanding. His essential theories reveal such central concepts as Ordinary Language, picture theory, private language, identity and abstraction and metaphoric connection. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.