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In three issues of MIND. Volume LXII, No. 249 (January 1954): original wrappers + [1]-144 + [145]-[148] = Publisher's advertisements; Volume LXII, No. 251 (July 1954): original wrappers + [i]-[iv] = Publisher's advertisements + 289-432; Volume LXII, No. 253 (January 1955): original wrappers + [1]-144 = [146]-[148] = Publisher's advertisements. Octavo, First Editions (Fr/McG: W.'s lectures in 1930-33, p. 46 + #205). Wittgenstein's writings and lectures during the first half of the 1930s play a crucial role in any interpretation of the relationship between the Tractatus and the Philosophical Investigations. The manuscripts from 1930 onward record his first steps away from the Tractatus concluding with an early version of the Philosophical Investigations which he had completed by the end of 1936. The first four pages of the first article offered here contain some wonderful biographical information on Wittgenstein and his relationship with Moore, and, in even more detail, his friendship with Frank Ramsey. Moore follows this with his edited version of the comprehensive notes he took during those lectures. His original archived notes comprise almost 80,000 words and cover the full range of everything that Moore heard during these early lectures. In these articles, Moore does an extraordinary job of organizing and systematizing Wittgenstein's sprawling discussions. But, he cautions that:I will try to give some account of the chief things he said under all these heads; but I cannot possibly mention nearly everything, and it is possible that some of the things I omit were really more important than those I mention. Also, though I tried to get down in my notes the actual words he used, it is possible that I may sometime have substituted words of my own which misrepresent his meaning: I certainly did not understand a good many of the things he said. Moreover, I cannot possibly do justice to the extreme richness of illustration and comparison which he used: he was really succeeding in giving what he called a 'synoptic' view of things which we all know. Nor can I do justice to the intensity of conviction with which he said everything which he did say, nor to the extreme interest which he excited in his hearers. Beyond his attempts to present Wittgenstein's views in an organized fashion, Moore often offers his own views on what Wittgenstein said. Sometimes he points out inconsistencies or peculiarities in Wittgenstein's claims, or points out where he thinks that Wittgenstein was incorrect. Sometimes he expresses doubt as to whether he understood what Wittgenstein was trying to say, and sometimes he even tries to make seemingly implausible claims of Wittgenstein's more plausible by offering possible interpretations of what Wittgenstein may have meant. The articles give a palpable sense of Moore puzzling through Wittgenstein's developing thought. It is a charming and insightful look into the thought processes of two of the most complex and original thinkers of the 20th century. NOTE: the first, January 1954, issue offered also includes a 30-page "critical notice" of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations written by P. F. Strawson. [See our Catalog 24: Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Man and His Thought for a collection of 81 books and pamphlets by and about Wittgenstein.] Publisher's original light grey wrappers printed front and back, inside and out. With very minor dings to the wrappers and a few closed tears to the spine sections. Overall, this is a really lovely set of these three important continuous essays by G.E. Moore reporting on his friend and colleague Ludwig Wittgenstein. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Seller Inventory # 1319
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