Ludwig Wittgenstein and Georg Henrik von Wright: An Unexpected Friendship

Over a decade ago, when I studied in my dissertation the lives of three world-renowned philosophers, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Georg Henrik von Wright, main sources were their published biographies memoirs. Later on, came across correspondence between Wittgenstein realised how frankly spontaneously they wrote to each other, was fascinated convinced friendship. Not only colleagues with similar cultural background, who understood other other’s work, but also seemed be trusted friends freely shared lives, fears, joys letters. This paper sheds light on surprising friendship Wright. It aims show why became by analysing personalities, life choices Wittgenstein’s legacy Wright drawing mainly, not exclusively, correspondence, thus giving space own voices.