James Moore
James Moore
Royal Asiatic Society fellow who began his career with Gurdjieff and Mansfield in 1980 and wrote Gurdjieff: The Anatomy of a Myth in 1991.
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 December 1929
men animal ideas
The idea that humans could be related to ape-like ancestors and the rest of creation was considered subversive. If man was just an animal, then he doesn't live forever, he has no soul. And if men don't have a soul, then there's no afterlife. No heaven, no fiery deterrent of hell to keep people in line in this life. And if there's no fiery deterrent to keep people in line, "well then we might as well have hell on Earth!" the critics said.
jobs children school
Certainly, we want to make sure that kids go to school full-bellied, but is that always the government's job to be there to serve people their breakfast? Is it my job to feed my neighbour's child? I don't think so.
intelligence doe power-corrupts
If knowledge is power and power corrupt, does knowledge corrupt?
jobs children thinking
Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? I don’t think so,