I Think of You Constantly with Love

The Letters of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Ben Richards

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<p><b>Ludwig Wittgenstein and Ben Richards met in the autumn of 1945, when Richards - a medical student </b><b>- was attending one of Wittgenstein's courses. The 'loving friendship' (in Wittgenstein's words) which </b><b>subsequently developed between them decisively coloured every aspect of Wittgenstein's last years.</b><br><br>Their correspondence - consisting of more than 370 letters, cards, and telegrams, along with numerous drawings and attachments - starts in the summer of 1946, and ends in April 1951, just a week before Wittgenstein's death. It gives an incomparably vivid and touching picture of the last five years<br>of Wittgenstein's life.<br><br>His encounter with Richards was perhaps the deepest love and the greatest happiness of Wittgenstein's life. And yet these letters also reveal Wittgenstein as a lonely, vulnerable, and often overbearing man, painfully aware of his dependence on the affection of his much younger beloved friend, and painfully aware of the fragility of their connection.<br><br>This collection of letters between Wittgenstein and Richards is not only the single largest correspondence of Wittgenstein's that has survived, but - more importantly - it is by far the most significant and revealing cache of letters between Wittgenstein and someone whom he loved romantically. They offer an entirely new window onto Wittgenstein's inner life, and a profound and moving testament to his emotional and intellectual concerns in his last years. <br><br>Like all of Wittgenstein's writings, the letters are shot through with opinions, humour, and insights, delivered in Wittgenstein's typically sharp and powerful manner. In short, this is a most remarkable collection of documents - both for those interested in Wittgenstein's philosophy, and for those interested in the life of one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781350026469

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

251 x 174 x 39 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Bloomsbury Academic