Letter from Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz written 12.01.1938

Author Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Category incoming correspondence, Polish researchers

Archive Ingarden Family archives

Date of creation 12.01.1938

Related places Warsaw, Zakopane

Reference code in archive ARI

Resource type letter

Subject matter academic issues, personal issues

Field philosophy

Tags #allowance, #Arthur Eddington, #Bertrand Russell, #brochure, #Carnap, #cigarettes, #cognition, #discussion, #Eddington, #financial problems, #Fund of Culture, #Hans Cornelius, #Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, #language, #lecture, #lecturing activity, #manuscript, #On the strange deviations of the human mind, #philosophical discussion, #pipe, #Polish Philosophical Society, #Protagoras, #PTF, #Roman Ingarden, #Rudolf Carnap, #Russell, #smoking, #Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, #Szumcio, #Warsaw, #Witkacy, #work of Ajdukiewicz, #work on Carnap, #Zakopane

12.I 1938
Honoured and Dear Professor:
Thank you very much for the card, which calmed me about the fate of my “abridged” text. I did not get the first one. I had a paper the day before yesterday in the Philo[sophical] Soc[iety], entitled “On the strange deviations of the human mind.” In general, it was about the type of diversification-unification, which I called Protagoras, with the examples of: Carnap, Russell, Eddington. It was quite fun. A pair – a few of the moguls were there and a discussion [followed]. I used for the discussion a small thermo-s with black coffee – a great idea. Now I’m moving on to Carnap. As if you can get Ajd[ukiewicz]’s thing about language and cognition (Cornelius complains about this and is surprised that such a “feiner Kopf” [“smart mind” tr. German], etc.). I am staying here until the end of January, then I am going to Z[akopane]. The financial situation has improved. I have received an allowance from Cund of Fulture [sic]. 2 companies refused unwashed souls. This is everything.
ERFB [I enclose words of respect and friendship for you both] FG [family greetings] 3W [Your faithful Witkacy]
Thank you very much for everything. I am begging you to stop smoking. This is an illusion, an inability to work. I tried the pipe, but I started to inhale and 2 weeks ago I kicked it. I am enclosing a letter from Szumcio with a request to send it back.