A Portrait of Wittgenstein As a Young Man: From the Diary of David Hume Pinsent 1912-1914
Georg Henrik von Wright
242 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0631175113
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1990
The Cambridge friendship of Wittgenstein and David Hume Pinsent, to whom Wittgenstein’s “Tractatus” is dedicated, is revealed in this diary, together with what remains of Pinsent’s correspondence. It provides a revealing and personal insight into the early life of the philosopher.