George Edward Moore

great artist before behind time

“A great artist is always before his time or behind it.”

― George Edward Moore (1873-1958)

fiction truth judgement value

“...fiction is as useful as truth, for giving us matter, upon which to exercise the judgment of value.”

― George Edward Moore (1873-1958)

excellence Socrates Shakespeare normal abnormal

“Was the excellence of Socrates or of Shakespeare normal? Was it not rather abnormal, extraordinary? It is, I think, obvious in the first place, that not all that is good is normal; that, on the contrary, the abnormal is often better than the normal...”

― George Edward Moore (1873-1958)

good define

“If i am asked 'what is good? my answer is that good is good, and that is the end of the matter. Or if I am asked 'How is good to be defined?' my answer is that it cannot be defined, and that is all I have to say about it”

― George Edward Moore (1873-1958)

ethics true results valid reason

“For it is the business of Ethics, I must insist, not only to obtain true results, but also to find valid reasons for them.”

― George Edward Moore (1873-1958)