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Reference code
Add. MS a/427/105
Title
Letter from Ludwig Wittgenstein to Piero Sraffa
Date(s)
- 12 Mar. 1938 (Creation)
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1 doc.
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(1898-1983)
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Scope and content
Feels it conceivable that events in Austria are preliminaries for war. Wittgenstein had planned to visit Austria for a month in May or June and enquires of Sraffa whether, if he does so, he will be let out of Austria and whether he will be let back into England. Has £300-£400 in England and nothing in Austria. Thinks it would be useful to get employment in England for political reasons; aims to get a job as 'some sort of lecturer' in Cambridge. Thinks that he might apply for Irish citizenship,