George Edward Moore
George Edward Moore
George Edward "G. E." Moore OM FBAwas an English philosopher. He was, with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, andGottlob Frege, one of the founders of the analytic tradition in philosophy. Along with Russell, he led the turn away from idealism in British philosophy, and became well known for his advocacy of common sense concepts, his contributions to ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics, and "his exceptional personality and moral character." He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, highly influential amongthe...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth4 November 1873
If I am asked 'what is good?' my answer is that good is good, and that is the end of the matter.
It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
But I have seen thee And thou art enough.
The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.
Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead louers, As if her merit lessen'd yours?
I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
But from the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound.
Honesty needs no pains to set itself off.
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.
Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern.
'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.
I'll tell thee what it says; it calls me villain, a treacherous husband, a cruel father, a false brother; one lost to nature and her charities; or to say all in one short word, it calls me - Gamester.