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| G. E. Moore's grave |
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Readers of my this blog will know that
Wittgenstein is very important to me, but
G. E. Moore, less so. I came across his famous
Principia Ethica
whilst studying at Oxford and enjoyed his writing immensely but did not
follow it up in any real way. However, a philosopher friend of mine,
Jonathan Harrison, lives nearby and every couple of weeks we spend a couple of hours in conversation on various philosophical/theological matters. Jonathan rates Moore's little book, simply called
Ethics, very highly - so highly, in fact, that he kindly bought me a modern edition of it
. I began to read it over the New Year and, yesterday, during a brief sunny spell, I thought it would be particularly appropriate to visit Moore's grave along with Wittgenstein's.
On a connected note,
St. Giles Cemetery, Cambridge, England (where Wittgenstein and Moore's graves are to be found) is a very pleasant place to spend a quiet hour contemplating life, the universe and everything. I hope the following photos, taken on the same day (2nd January 2014) will encourage one or two of you who live locally to go up there and take a look.
A Happy New Year to you all.
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