Identificatie
referentie code
Add. MS a/745/7
Titel
Copy of letter from [J. R. M. Butler] to [?] Baines
Datum(s)
- 23 Feb. 1929 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Omvang en medium
1 sheet, typescript.
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Baines has said that he thinks the Lodging-Houses Syndicate would like more information about Wittgenstein. Details of Wittgenstein's background, his distinction as a philosopher, and his difficulties in obtaining lodgings; has stayed with J. M. Keynes, at some 'unsatisfactory' lodgings', with F. P. Ramsey, and is now staying with M. H. Dobb. Can get exact dates is needed, but would prefer 'not to trouble a man like Wittgenstein with these details unnecessarily. I understand that he is far above the ordinary level of a Ph. D., and I look upon him rather as a distinguished 'savant' than as an ordinary Research Student...'