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Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johann, 1889-1951 (philosopher)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1889 - 1951

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz: papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9938
Scope and Contents

Material relating to the work of Prof. G.E. Moore and Dr. Ludwig Wittgenstein, including notes taken during their lectures and notes on Wittgenstein's 'Blue' and 'Brown' books.

Dates: 1932 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

Correspondence from G.E. Moore to L. Wittgenstein, 30 Sep. 1936-5 Aug. 1945

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/201-202
Scope and Contents Hopes Wittgenstein's move to new house was successful; Moore's writing not going well, 'I have been trying to think hard, but I find things very puzzling ... I have been reading through again all of your work that I have, in the hope of getting clearer'; Rhees not competing for Trinity fellowship, has taken a job in Deighton Bell's bookshop / Tim busy with harvest, cannot play duets: they will put off playing Bruckner's 7th to Wittgenstein; thought Schubert quintet wonderful, different from...
Dates: 30 Sep. 1936-5 Aug. 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

George Edward Moore: Personal Papers and Correspondence

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8330
Scope and Contents

MS.Add.8330 contains Moore's personal and family papers, and his correspondence (sections 1-9), as well as books from his library (section 17).

Dates: 1873-1974
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Wittgenstein, L.: Correspondence with the Press, 1938 - 1951

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/4/3778
Scope and Contents

These letters relate to:
Philosophische Untersuchungen in German and English, with a report by Moore, G.E.
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.
Includes one letter from Wittgenstein dated 9 Oct. 1938.


Dates: 1938 - 1951
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Scholarly access to this material may be restricted if it contains information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Please apply in advance to the Cambridge University Press Archivist.

Additional filters:

ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 3
University Archives (GBR/0265) 1
 
Type
Archival Object 3
Collection 2
 
Subject
Philosophy 2
Ethics 1
Lectures 1