Identificatie
referentie code
Add. MS a/427/130
Titel
Letter from Ludwig Wittgenstein to Piero Sraffa
Datum(s)
- 8 Jan. 1941 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Omvang en medium
1 doc.
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
(1898-1983)
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Said last night that his own 'brain had deteriorated' and added that Sraffa 'too, didn't think properly - as though I thought these two things were on the same level'; did not mean that. Thinks his own decline 'permanent', while Sraffa's might be remedied. Sraffa is unable to stand strong contradiction; now when Sraffa is contradicted he talks extremely offensively. Wittgenstein thinks Sraffa has gone soft; this might be because more people admire him than used to; bad effects of admiration on G. H. Hardy.