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â€œI Think of You Constantly with Loveâ€: The Letters of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Ben Richards

Edited by Alfred Schmidt, Edited by Gabriel Citron, Foreword by Ray Monk

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Ludwig Wittgenstein met Ben Richards, a medical student, in autumn 1945. It was the beginning of a deep and tempestuous relationship which lasted until Wittgensteinâ€™s death. Their correspondence starts in the summer of 1946 and consists of more than 370 letters, notes, telegrams and photographs. The final letter was sent a week before Wittgenstein died in April 1951. Often defined by his arrogance, difficulty and critical nature of others, Wittgenstein writes letters to Richards which give us another window into his character. Their letters manifest an emotional closeness which is remarkable and unparalleled in Wittgensteinâ€™s voluminous correspondence. They leave no doubt that Ben Richards was Wittgenstein's closest friend in these last years of his life â€“ indeed, perhaps the greatest love of his life. Now available in English for the first time, the letters between Wittgenstein and Richards provide a wholly new perspective on the last years of Wittgensteinâ€™s life: his last years teaching in Cambridge, the resignation of his chair in Cambridge at the end of 1947, and the ensuing restless years spent trying to find a quiet place to do philosophy and complete his magnum opus, the Philosophical Investigations. Their letters are further proof of the extent to which Wittgensteinâ€™s life was inseparable from his philosophy. They are an opportunity to come closer to understanding the work of this intellectual giant, telling us more about the values and beliefs of one of the 20th centuryâ€™s greatest thinkers.

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The Colonialist: The Vision of Cecil Rhodes

William Kelleher Storey
Paperback / softback
528 pages
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This first comprehensive biography of Cecil Rhodes in a generation illuminates Rhodesâ€™s vision for the expansion of imperialism in southern Africa, connecting politics and industry to internal development, and examines how this fueled a lasting, white-dominated colonial society.

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