Wittgenstein on Simile as the 'Best Thing' in Philosophy.

In a remark written sometime between 1933 and 1943, Wittgenstein suggests that philosophy ought really to be written as one 'writes a poem.' Around this time he also talks of simile as the 'best thing' in philosophy. In this paper I consider what it would mean to take such claims seriously. Through examining newly discovered material from the (unpublished) Skinner manuscripts (MSS), I offer an analysis of Wittgenstein's approach to literary techniques (broadly conceived) and see how this impacts on his conception of philosophy. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR