Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Otto Juliusburger, 112 Mercer Street, Princeton, 20 December 1951.

In German, half page, 281 x 217mm, blindstamped address. Envelope. Provenance: Stargardt, 4 July 2000, lot 521 (part of lot).

Einstein is delighted that Juliusburger has written an article about 'Popper' [probably the Austrian Jewish thinker Josef Popper-Lynkeus, in whom Juliusburger had an interest], whom he refers to as 'the excellent man': 'I feel that you have done Popper justice and have transmitted a vivid impression to a more distant observer'. The article was evidently inscribed with a friendly reference to a visit from Einstein himself: 'The added written remark on my visit touched me greatly, even if know well that a friendly illusion lies behind it'.

Popper-Lynkeus was a wide-ranging thinker in both the scientific and social spheres: one of his most notable ideas was the proposition of a new social system in which all individuals are provided with goods of primary necessity.

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