Zone d'identification
Cote
Add. MS a/278/86
Titre
Letter from Georg Henrik von Wright to Ludwig Wittgenstein
Date(s)
- 9 Dec. 1940 (Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
4 ff.
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Helsinki. - Postal connections cut off since the German invasion of Denmark and Norway; life in Finland dominated by the menace from Russia; activities since the Finno-Russian War; stationed in the Carelian Woods and Marshes in September and October; regrets writing to Wittgenstein about his article in Mind; plans to write a paper on immediate knowledge; thinking hard about the logical nature of arithmetic; Beethoven's quartet in F major; reiterates his delight at having known Wittgenstein. Postscript on sending Wittgenstein's manuscript to Finland.