Wittgenstein in Alethea Graham’s Diary (1929-1930), and New Data on the Audience of his Lecture on Ethics and LT 1930 Class

Authors

  • Lucia Morra University of Turin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/nwr.v13.3697

Abstract

Amongst the attendees at Wittgenstein’s lecture to the Heretics Society in November 1929, there was also Alethea Graham, a student in her fourth year at Girton College who attended also his lectures in Lent Term 1930. Excerpts from her diary mentioning the philosopher are here transcribed and commented upon. A sharper focus on the audience of Wittgenstein’s Lecture on Ethics and his first academic class is then added.

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Published

2024-04-14