By Otto Neurath (auth.), Marie Neurath, Robert S. Cohen (eds.)
On the final day of his existence, Otto Neurath had given aid to a chinese language thinker who was once writing approximately Schlick. basically an hour sooner than his loss of life he stated to me: "Nobody will do this kind of factor for me." My resolution then was once: "Never brain, you've gotten Bilston, is not that better?" there have been con sultations in new housing schemes, an exhibition, and hopes for a fruitful dating of longer period. i didn't dream at the moment that i might sooner or later paintings on a publication like this. the assumption got here from Horace M. Kallen, of the recent tuition for Social learn, ny, years later; to motivate me he despatched me his choice from William James' writings. Later I met Robert S. Cohen. Carnap had despatched him to me with the message: "If you must discover what my political beliefs have been within the twenties and thirties, learn Otto Neurath's books and articles of that point; his perspectives have been additionally mine." during this approach Robert Cohen turned ac quainted with Otto Neurath. much more: he took an interest; and while I requested him, might he aid me as an editor of an Otto N eurath quantity, he agreed instantly. In past years I had already requested a few Otto Neurath's buddies to jot down for me what they specifically remembered approximately him.
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We tried to explain it in newspaper articles. I gave speeches to workers in Chemnitz and in the mining district. Industrialists were opposed and countered with the suggestion of a presocialist program to co-ordinate industries, but they failed to agree among themselves. Common import and export would have been essential; we particularly favored an exchange between the imported raw materials and the exported finished products. It seemed essential to bring about a co-ordination of the programs of the highly industrialized Saxony with the predominantly agrarian Bavaria to mutual advantage; the Leipzig Fair should serve this function.
Then for a year I had a full-time job as a business employee. I could see that I had lost a year toward my doctorate. However, I was broke, and if I quit on my own, no unemployment relief. Before deciding to quit, I asked a few friends and also my parents what they thought of this. Back came a letter from Otto. " It cut me rather deeply, but at the same time I could not help admiring him for putting it so bluntly; he was realistic enough to know that he could not give any advice, and also realistic enough not to give me any 'babbling' instead.
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