Philosophy as an own answer to the general question world. Letters of Felix Hausdorff to Franz Meyer (Q2644686)

The author of the article acknowledges not having been able to trace specific biographical indications concerning Franz Meyer. In a letter written during February 1904, instead of providing Meyer with helpful recommendations, Hausdorff presented himself as a terrific counterexample. Hausdorff's pseudonym Paul Mongrés, a French name, can be translated in German by `mein Geschmack, meine Meinung, mein Wunsch und Willen', i.e., my personal taste. That choice may disclose, to a certain extent, Hausdorff's quite elementary motivations for his preference of particular philosophical fields of interest.