{"product_id":"i-think-of-you-constantly-with-love-9781350026469","title":"I Think of You Constantly with Love","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Think of You Constantly with Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLudwig Wittgenstein and Ben Richards met in the autumn of 1945, when Richards – a medical student – was attending one of Wittgenstein’s courses. The ‘loving friendship’ (in Wittgenstein’s words) which subsequently developed between them decisively coloured every aspect of Wittgenstein’s last years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir correspondence – consisting of more than 370 letters, cards, and telegrams, along with numerous drawings and attachments – starts in the summer of 1946, and ends in April 1951, just a week before Wittgenstein’s death. It gives an incomparably vivid and touching picture of the last five years of Wittgenstein’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis encounter with Richards was perhaps the deepest love and the greatest happiness of Wittgenstein’s life. And yet these letters also reveal Wittgenstein as a lonely, vulnerable, and often overbearing man, painfully aware of his dependence on the affection of his much younger beloved friend, and painfully aware of the fragility of their connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of letters between Wittgenstein and Richards is not only the single largest correspondence of Wittgenstein’s that has survived, but – more importantly – it is by far the most significant and revealing cache of letters between Wittgenstein and someone whom he loved romantically. They offer an entirely new window onto Wittgenstein’s inner life, and a profound and moving testament to his emotional and intellectual concerns in his last years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike all of Wittgenstein’s writings, the letters are shot through with opinions, humour, and insights, delivered in Wittgenstein’s typically sharp and powerful manner. In short, this is a most remarkable collection of documents – both for those interested in Wittgenstein’s philosophy, and for those interested in the life of one of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496170537196,"sku":"9781350026469","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350026469-i-think-of-you-constantly-with-love.jpg?v=1775796332","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/i-think-of-you-constantly-with-love-9781350026469","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}