Modernism, modern aesthetics and Wittgenstein; art and ethics - an historical sketch; ethics and aesthetics in the "Tractatus"; the "Tractatus" re-examined; discerning humanity; discerning art; discerning the humanity in art.

The author's purpose in this volume is to present the relevance of the ideas of Wittgenstein to those interested in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. He focuses on both the earlier work centred around the "Tractatus" and the later work of the "Philosophical Investigations".