Brian McGuinness

This volume collects the most substantial correspondence and documents relating to Wittgenstein's long association with Cambridge between the years 1911 and his death in 1951, including the letters he exchanged with his most illustrious Cambridge contemporaries Russell, Keynes, Moore, and Ramsey (and previously published as Cambridge Letters). Now expanded to include 200 previously unpublished letters and documents, including correspondence between Wittgenstein and the economist Piero Sraffa, and between Wittgenstein and his pupils Includes extensive editorial annotations Provides a fascinating and intimate insight into Wittgenstein's life and thought

Letters and Documents 1911 - 1951

Wittgenstein in Cambridge

Georg Henrik Wright

The discovery, in various quarters, of hitherto unknown letters exchanged between Wittgenstein and the chief of his Cambridge friends provides the basis for this new and profoundly revealing collection. Wittgenstein appears in turn shy and affectionate, fierce and censorious, happy to collaborate and sure of his own judgement. Four quarrels and four reconciliations are documented. Wittgenstein's struggles to publish his Tractatus may be followed, as well as his retreat from the world, his being wooed back to philosophy by Keynes and Ramsey, and his plans to leave philosophy. The accompanying editorial notes are based on archival material not previously explored. Taken together, the correspondence provides an intriguing insight into Wittgenstein's life and thought, and will be essential reading for students and scholars.

Correspondence with Russell, Keynes, Moore, Ramsey, and Sraffa

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Cambridge Letters

Aldo Giorgio Gargani

Wittgenstein and Contemporary Philosophy

George Henrik von Wright

This collection contains hitherto unknown letters exchanged between Wittgenstein and the most important of his Cambridge friends and includes editorial notes based on archival material not previously explored. Incorporates many previously undiscovered unique and significant letters. A powerful record and intimate insight into Wittgenstein's life and thought. Extensive editorial annotations.

Correspondence with Russell, Keynes, Moore, Ramsey and Sraffa

Ludwig Wittgenstein Cambridge Letters

Radmila Schweitzer

INTIME EINBLICKE: LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN UND SEINE FAMILIE. WAGEN SIE EINEN BLICK HINTER DIE SALONTÜREN DER FAMILIE WITTGENSTEIN! Die Familie Wittgenstein zählte zu den GESELLSCHAFTLICH BEDEUTENDSTEN FAMILIEN DES 20. JAHRHUNDERTS. Aus der wohlhabenden Industriellenfamilie ging etwa der PHILOSOPH LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN hervor, sein Bruder Paul wurde - trotz des Verlusts seines rechten Armes im Krieg - zum gefeierten Pianisten. Familienvater Karl Wittgenstein förderte als engagierter und großzügiger Mäzen unter anderem die Künstler der WIENER SECESSION und der WIENER WERKSTÄTTE. Im Palais Wittgenstein verkehrte die INTELLEKTUELLE UND KÜNSTLERISCHE ELITE EUROPAS. Bekannte Namen wie PAUL ENGELMANN, LUDWIG HÄNSEL und RUDOLF KODER gehörten zum engeren Freundeskreis. EINTAUCHEN IN DEN KOSMOS VON LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN In diesem philosophisch und künstlerisch anregenden Klima wuchs Ludwig Wittgenstein auf. Später wurde er zu EINEM DER BEDEUTENDSTEN PHILOSOPHEN SEINES JAHRHUNDERTS. Sein "Tractatus logico-philosophicus" und seine "Philosophischen Untersuchungen" prägen bis heute ganze Denkschulen. Welche GEDANKEN LUDWIG WITTGENSTEINS begannen im Kreise seiner Familie zu sprießen und wurden LEIDENSCHAFTLICH DISKUTIERT? Was brachte ihn schließlich dazu, dem GLANZ SEINER REICHEN FAMILIE DEN RÜCKEN ZU KEHREN und sich dem "einfachen Leben" als Volksschullehrer in der österreichischen Provinz zuzuwenden? EINE AUßERGEWÖHNLICHE FAMILIEN- UND IDEENGESCHICHTE IN BRIEFEN Ein vertrauliches Zeugnis von Ludwigs Werden als Mensch und Philosoph geben die TEILS ERSTMALS VERÖFFENTLICHTEN BRIEFE UND FOTOGRAFIEN der Wittgensteins. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Ludwig und seinen Geschwistern zeigt DIE MANCHMAL ERBARMUNGSLOS EHRLICHE ART DES PHILOSOPHEN und gibt Aufschluss über den FAMILIÄREN EINFLUSS AUF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEINS PHILOSOPHIE. Darüber hinaus führt er die tiefgreifenden Auswirkungen der UMBRÜCHE DES 20. JAHRHUNDERTS auf das Haus Wittgenstein lebendig vor Augen. Mit einem AUSFÜHRLICHEN VORWORT von Wittgenstein-Biograf Brian McGuinness und EXKLUSIVEN AUSZÜGEN AUS DER UNTERHALTSAMEN "NONSENSE COLLECTION" DER BRÜDER LUDWIG UND PAUL.

Eine Familie in Briefen

Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Some material used in this book appeared previously in Letters to Russell, Keynes and Moore (Blackwill Publishers, 1974) and Cambridge letters (Blackwell Publishers, 1995).

Letters and Documents 1911-1951

"During his time in England (1908-13) Wittgenstein found his true vocation. Diaries of contemporaries and letters (such as Russell's almost daily correspondence with Lady Ottoline Morrell) reveal the details of his personal relationships throughout these years. Personal as well as official documents also reveal a picture of his life during the First World War and in captivity after it. Whether suddenly or as a gradual process, Wittgenstein underwent a sort of religious conversion. It is significant that his renunciation both of his inherited wealth and of philosophy occur simultaneously at the end of this period; and indeed the theme of this biography is the close connexion between his life and work. The renunciation of philosophy came after the publication of the Tractatus, which many still believe to be his greatest work and which is discussed in detail here." "Young Ludwig examines the things Wittgenstein considered really important in life - his (often stormy) relationships with his friends, his favourite books, and his music. The book concludes with his retirement into elementary-school teaching, which was the prelude to a new search for a vocation whose outcome, and his development into a feared, loved, and revered teacher (foreshadowed here), eventually led him back to philosophy."--BOOK JACKET.

Wittgenstein's Life, 1889-1921

Young Ludwig

A Life : Young Ludwig, 1889-1921

Translated into English for the first time, the letters collected here bring to life one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein. In letters written over forty years, we see how his ideas and relationships developed during his time as a prisoner of war, a school teacher, an architect and throughout his years at Cambridge. Always frank and often brutally honest, these letters between Wittgenstein, his brother Paul and his three sisters, Hermine, Margaret and Helene are filled with a familiarity and an intimacy. They allow us to enter the bygone world of an extraordinary family, revealing a side of Wittgenstein we have never seen before.

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