Wednesday, April 06, 2022

Hayek and Wittgenstein were distant cousins




Kai Weiss at the Austrian Economics Center writes on the relationship between the economist Friedrich Hayek and the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein:

Hayek’s great grandfather and Wittgenstein’s grandmother were siblings, and thus, the two were remote cousins.

It wins our Trivial Connection of the Day Award.

1 comment:

  1. Is second cousin once removed really all that distant? In any case, they knew each other even before they both got famous! https://notesonliberty.com/2016/05/08/friedrich-hayeks-recollection-of-ludwig-wittgenstein/

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