BRACERS Record Detail for 17481

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
69
Document no.
000385
Box no.
2.57
Source if not BR
Texas, U. of, HRC
Recipient(s)
Morrell, Ottoline
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1912/03/16
Form of letter
ALS(M)
Pieces
1E
BR's address code (if sender)
TC
Notes and topics

"Wittgenstein on the other hand is rather a severe critic of my lectures—he says I make things seem too simple and easy, and encourage the dogmatic discipleship which I deplore. W. is very excitable: he has more passion about philosophy than I have; his avalanches make mine seem mere snowballs. He has the pure intellectual passion in the highest degree: it makes me love him. His disposition is that of an artist, intuitive and moody. He says every morning he begins his work with hope, and every evening he ends in despair—he has just the sort of rage when he can't understand things that I have."

Permission
Everyone
Record no.
17481
Record created
Jul 19, 1990
Record last modified
Apr 08, 2020
Created/last modified by
rstaple