By: G. E. Moore In what follows I have merely tried to state, one by one, some of the most important points in which my philosophical position differs from positions which have
By: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson THE man whose story is here to be told was the wealthiest and most influential person in his parish; his name was Thord Overaas. He appeared in the priest’s
By: O. Henry Pitcher, confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered
By: Edgar Allan Poe I WAS sick, sick unto death, with that long agony, and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses
By: Francis Bacon MEN fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children, is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation
By: The Divine Plato Timaeus. How thankful I am, Socrates, that I have arrived at last, and, like a weary traveller after a long journey, may be at rest! And I pray the being who
By: A.C. Grayling One sure way to live in philosophical memory is to issue striking remarks that are obscure or ambiguous – or better still a mixture of both. Heraclitus is an
What is God and why do we need to ask this question? Perhaps this problem hunts us from the very beginning but still, we have no such certain answer.
Dear Karl, First of all, a word about my letter, which may possibly have annoyed you. You know I don’t pedantically insist on my authority and also admit to my child if
By: Daniel C. Dennett We used to sing a lot when I was a child, around the campfire at summer camp, at school and Sunday school, or gathered around the piano at