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
Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies, and love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.
But I have seen thee And thou art enough.
But from the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound.
All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.
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.