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Letter from Felix Kaufmann written 05.12.1934

Author Felix Kaufmann
Category foreign researchers, incoming correspondence
Archive Archive of Science PAN and PAU in Cracow
Date of creation 5.12.1934
Related places Lviv, Prague, Vienna
Reference code in archive K_III-26_D_43
Copyrights all rights reserved
Resource type letter
Subject matter personal issues, publication isssues
Field philosophy
Tags #academic life, #academic publications, #academic work, #Felix Kaufmann, #individual object, #Ingarden's paper, #Ingarden's works, #Kaufmann about Ingarden, #Kaufmann's works, #Lviv, #Methodology of Social Sciences, #On the Formal Structure of the Individual Object, #Prague, #praise, #publication issues, #The Literary Work of Art, #Vienna

Dr. Felix Kaufmann
Vienna, XIX.
Doblinger Hauptstrasse 90                                                    Vienna, December 5, 1934

 

To
 n     Professor Roman Ingarden
n      Lwów.

Dear Mr. Ingarden,

       n            n            n           First, let me thank you for sending me your particularly beautiful and interesting work entitled “On the Formal Structure of the Individual Object”. It is a true and increasingly rare pleasure to be able to study new philosophical publications of such superb quality.
 n            n            n            n   Hopefully, I will soon have an opportunity to converse with you about the various issues discussed in the article which are particularly important to me. I would write about it in more detail if I weren’t in the final phase of completing my book, since it is pushing me to the edge of my productivity.
 n            n            n            n  It is precisely for that reason that I had to postpone reading your work, “The Literary Work of Art”. When I began reading the book right after I received it, I realized that studying this work requires complete concentration and I would be unable to commit to this level of focus while I am working on my own book (in addition to my professional duties). Therefore, I decided to postpone reading the rest of the book for a couple of months so I can fully dedicate myself to it. Even though I have been working nonstop on my “Methodology of Social Sciences” since I returned from Prague, I now realize that I underestimated the amount of time required to finish my work.
 n            n            n            n  I am hoping that I will be able to get the book to print in about three months.

 n            n            n            n  Again, I would like to express my gratitude, and I wish you happy holidays and a happy New Year!

 

                                                           With deepest appreciation, yours faithfully,

                                                           Felix Kaufmann