Postcard from Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz written 15.06.1938

Author Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Category incoming correspondence, Polish researchers

Archive Ingarden Family archives

Date of creation 15.06.1938

Related places Lviv, Vienna, Zakopane

Reference code in archive ARI

Resource type postcard

Subject matter academic issues, personal issues

Field logic, philosophy

Tags #critique of Vienna, #depression, #dissertation, #idealism, #Katowice, #lecture, #lecturing activity, #Lviv, #Maria Kokoszyńska-Lutmanowa, #meeting, #Polish Philosophical Society, #portrait, #portrait company, #PTF, #Roman Ingarden, #Rudolf Carnap, #Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, #suffering, #suicide, #suicide thoughts, #vacation, #Vienna, #Viennese circle, #Witkacy, #work on Carnap, #Zakopane

15.VI 1938
Honoured and Dear Professor:
I was not writing because I was waiting for my condition to improve. Meanwhile, it is getting worse and I seriously think if I should not end myself “prematurely” (but in relation to what! – work on Carnap?). Everything has unravelled hopelessly and I have little to face but suffering. I am currently in Katowice, where I am supposed to have some portraits and readings at the Philo[sophical] Soc[iety] (on Friday) 27/VI I have a reading at the Warsaw Philo[sophical] Soc[iety]. 1/VII I am supposed to be in Zakopane. July – and then complete darkness, which will likely consume me completely. This is the same story that I spoke to you about. Ha – too bad. It’s better early than too late. In any case, I will see you in Zakopane, which I am very happy about. I succeeded in getting the general basis of the critique of Vienna. Here I had interesting conversations with Lutmanowa.
ERFB [I enclose words of respect and friendship for you both] F.G. [family greetings] 3W [Your faithful Witkacy].
Perhaps you would like to take my essay on idealism to Z[akopane].

Postcard

Dr. Roman Ingarden
Professor U. J.K.
Lviv
Zacharjewicz Street 7, apt. 8