ABSTRACT
Any reconstruction of what is in the papers must be selective, not only because the papers themselves as they are extant today are a selection of the materials which Sraffa produced in his research work, but also because, given the sheer amount of documents, any interpretation of their contents must choose to emphasise one aspect rather than another, according to the interpreter’s tastes, inclinations, and whims; and also because some parts must be left out altogether given that not everything which is found is comprehensible. It is almost certainly possible to reconstruct Sraffa’s path in different (even perhaps to some extent contradictory) ways, basing one-self on some papers rather than others.
