Meandering in thought . . .

Today is the birthday of George Edward Moore (November 4, 1873 – October 24, 1958), philosopher. He best known as G. E. Moore, one of the founders of the analytic tradition in philosophy.

"The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand."
- G. E. Moore

"... the moment we try to fix our attention upon consciousness and to see what, distinctly, it is, it seems to vanish: it seems as if we had before us a mere emptiness. When we try to introspect the sensation of blue, all we can see is the blue; the other element is as if it were diaphanous. Yet it can be distinguished if we look attentively enough, and know that there is something to look for."
- G. E. Moore

"All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects."
- G. E. Moore

"A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."
- G. E. Moore

"A great artist is always before his time or behind it."
- G. E. Moore

"It does not matter how badly you paint, just so long as you don't paint badly like other people."
- G. E. Moore

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