Letter from Frank Plumpton Ramsey to Charles K. Ogden (1889-1957), 1923 (Circa)
Scope and Contents
Postcard from Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria, where Ramsay went to visit Wittgenstein and to work on translation of 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'; 'LW explains his book to me from 2-7 every day. It is most illuminating... we seem to get on at about a page an hour... he says that his mind is no longer flexible and he can never write another book'; he teaches in a village school, is very poor, and 'regarded by most of his colleagues as a little mad.'
Dates
- Creation: 1923 (Circa)
Creator
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).
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased at Stride and Son, Sale Room, Chichester, 1987
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
Cambridge University Library
West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom
Map Dept enquiries: maps@lib.cam.ac.uk
all other enquiries: mss@lib.cam.ac.uk