Frank Ramsey—a philosopher, economist, and
mathematician—was one of the greatest minds of the last century.
“The Ramseys were part of an intellectual aristocracy,
in which Frank was comfortable from a young age. After his first meeting with
Keynes, in Cambridge, Ramsey recorded that he found him “very pleasant”; on a
walk, they had talked about the history of economics, the lamentable state of
probability theory, and the difficulty of writing. Ramsey was seventeen at the
time; Keynes was advising the League of Nations and the Bank of England, and
lunching with Winston Churchill.”
