Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosoph, 1889-1951
Der österreichische Philosoph lieferte bedeutende Beiträge zur Philosophie der Logik, der Sprache und des Bewusstseins. Seine beiden Hauptwerke „Tractatus logico-philosophicus“ (1921) und „Philosophische Untersuchungen“ (1953, postum) wurden zu wichtigen Bezugspunkten zweier philosophischer Schulen, des Logischen Positivismus und der Analytischen Sprachphilosophie. Sein schwer zu deutender aphoristischer Stil führt dazu, dass Wittgenstein von teilweise sehr unterschiedlichen philosophischen Schulen vereinnahmt werden konnte.
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Philosoph (1889–1951). Autograph letter signed. Cambridge. 1½ SS. Kl.-4to. Mit eh. adr. Kuvert.
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Letter to Betty Gaun, longtime housekeeper to the Wittgenstein family. In part (translated): “Thank you for your kind words. Yes, it is a great disappointment to me that I could not come to Vienna on Easter. But I hope it will be possible in 11/2 to 2 months […] It was very good of you to have written to me of the birthday of Miss V. Paie. I do not know their address. Maybe my sister can forward her my congratulations.” - In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds.
Philosoph (1889-1951). Eigenh. Brief mit U. („Ludwig Wittgenstein“). ohne Ort [Cambridge]. 4to. 2/3 p. Liniert. Kleine Einrisse, hier und da etwas lichtschattig.
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An seinen Freund Ludwig Hänsel (1886-1959), damals Oberstudiendirektor am Realgymnasium für Jungen, Wien XVII. „[…] Hoffentlich erreichen Dich diese Zeilen, die Dir nur sagen sollen, daß ich an Euch Alle immer mit den alten Gefühlen denke. Mögen wir uns wiedersehen! | Grüß Deine liebe Frau & die Kinder herzlichst! […]“ Am Unterrand der rote Stempel: „Sendet Antwort an meinen vollen Namen per Adresse Postfach 506, Lissabon.“ Gedruckt in „Ludwig Hänsel - Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Eine Freundschaft. Briefe, Aufsätze, Kommentare“, S. 158. - Im Vorwort heißt es: „Ludwig Hänsel ist heute einer größeren Öffentlichkeit nahezu unbekannt […], obwohl er über 30 Jahre lang mit Wittgenstein eng befreundet war. Daß bei so verschieden gearteten Persönlichkeiten in der persönlichen Beziehung eine gewisse Unterordnung erfolgte, beweist nur, wie feinfühlig und aufmerksam Hänsel gegenüber dem oft schwierigen und verschlossenen Wesen Wittgensteins war. Was Literatur und Philosophie betrifft, hat Wittgenstein jedenfalls auch von Hänsel gelernt oder zumindest entscheidende Anregungen erhalten. Obwohl Hänsel nur drei Jahre älter als Wittgenstein war, wurde er ihm - zumindest in der Volksschullehrerzeit - so etwas wie ein umsorgender Freund […] Vielfach verbrachte Wittgenstein seine Ferien bei der Familie Hänsel, auch noch später, während seiner Cambridger Zeit.“ Sehr selten..
Philosoph (1889-1951). Wittgenstein's proof copy of: Ludwig Hänsel, "Newton - Goethe - Pascal. Die Farbenlehre und das Problem der Mitte" (a treatise on Goethe's "Theory of colours"). [Wien. Separatabdruck aus: "Chronik des Wiener Goethe-Vereins", Bde. LII und LIII. SS. 113-146. Orig.-Umschlag (Rücken defekt, Deckel mehrf. geknickt).
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Wittgenstein's proof copy of Hänsel's essay on Goethe's "Farbenlehre" with his often scathing autograph annotations (in German): "If you only would shut up and keep out of it!" (p. 122), "You are not Goethe" (p. 124), "Christian peoples are not Christianity" (p. 145). - Wittgenstein and Hänsel had met in the POW camp at Monte Cassino. Wittgenstein visited Vienna during Easter 1949, and Hänsel gave him the offprint to read. "The friendship between Wittgenstein and Hänsel had then lasted three decades, and during this time Wittgenstein uttered many a brusque word about Hänsel's ideas.
To be sure, the aggressive, vicious tone is irritating" (cf. Christian Paul Berger, in: "L. Hänsel - L. Wittgenstein. Eine Freundschaft", Innsbruck [1994], p. 339). - "Hänsel was an uncommonly well-read man; above all, he appreciated Pascal, St. Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Goethe, about whom he wrote numerous essays. He studied modern issues of Christianity and the church, the philosophy of values, epistemology, and basic questions of education. Hänsel was considered a conservative: like Wittgenstein, he favoured 'tradition' in matters of literature, art, music, and 'the modern life' in general. For Wittgenstein, Hänsel embodied both the classical Austrian tradition and the faculty to perform an observant examination of current trends in culture and criticism. Harshly though Wittgenstein chastises Hänsel, his letters repeatedly end with his criticising the failures attributed to his friend even more sharply in himself" (cf. Ilse Somavilla, Der rechte Ton, in: ibid., p. 325). - Numerous pencil marginalia, underlinings, deletions and corrections by Wittgenstein..
Philosoph (1889-1951). Autograph letter signed ("Ludwig"). Trinity College, Cambridge. 04.02.1947. 2 SS. 8vo.
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Unpublished letter, in German, to his sister Helene Salzer, née Wittgenstein: "Little Helene, my uncle! (What must the censors think!) […] I have not listened to music for a long time. I would like to hear Schumann quartets again. Recently I remembered the beginning of one quartet - the introduction - and was quite delighted. Unfortunately, two floors below my rooms someone is playing the piano & I am much disturbed by the miserable plunking (mostly Beethoven). Oddly, it sometimes almost prevents me from breathing […]" (transl.). - With censorship stamp.
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"Herrn Ludwig Forster, X, Herzgasse 18, Wien, Austria. Herzliche Grüße schickt Ihnen Ihr Ludwig Wittgenstein". - Mild toning; in pencil; the picture depicts Clare College Bridge at Cambridge.
Eigenh. Brief mit U. (“Ludwig Wittgenstein“).
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Unpublished letter to the wife of his old Cambridge friend, the Italian economist Piero Sraffa (1898-1983): "[...] Thanks for your letter [...] I am staying for some weeks with my eldest sister who is very ill. I expect to be in Cambridge in about 3 or 4 weeks and am looking forward to seeing you then [...]" According to Norman Malcolm, Sraffa caused Ludwig Wittgenstein to rethink through a rude gesture, leading to the Philosophical Investigations (1953, posthumously): Wittgenstein insisted that a sentence and what it describes must have the same "logical form," the same "logical diversity." Sraffa made a gesture familiar to Neapolitans, indicating disgust or contempt, and asked, "What is the logical form of that?" In the introduction to the Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein mentions these ongoing conversations with Sraffa over the years and says, "I am 'obliged' to this stimulus; it gave me the most consistent ideas for this book." In 1946, despite Wittgenstein's protests, Sraffa ended their weekly conversations; when the philosopher said he would say anything as Sraffa wished, Sraffa replied, "Yes, but in 'your' way." Sraffa and Wittgenstein deeply influenced each other. They discussed and reviewed each other in journals and notebooks. Both authors dealt with the prevalent form of positivism in their respective disciplines—economics and philosophy. While Wittgenstein had his famous shift from the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to the Philosophical Investigations, where he rejected the previous idea that the world is an atomistic set of propositional facts in favor of the notion that meaning arises from its use in a holistic, self-contained system, Sraffa similarly discarded the neoclassical paradigm, which was atomistic, individualistic, and deductive. Although there are disputes about how to understand Sraffa—especially between the neoclassical camp of Paul Samuelson and the neo-Ricardian camp of Pierangelo Garegnani—there is consensus on Sraffa's influence. One can say that, similar to Wittgenstein in philosophy, Sraffa aims to replace the individualistic and positivistic understanding of price as the result of supply and demand equilibrium in neoclassical economics with the price that has the social function of reproducing a stationary or growing economy given a certain income distribution.