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Old September 5th 10, 02:32 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Iveson
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Don Pearce wrote:

As in the conversation (supposedly true, but probably not)
between two
philosophers.
P1 "What did you think of my book?"
P2 "Couldn't make out a word of it"
P1 "Oh, thank you so much!"


Possibly the most famous such apocryphal tale concerns G.E.
Moore, who faced a panel including Russell and Wittgenstein,
to gain his fellowship at Cambridge. Asked to explain his
standpoint on ethics, he replied

"Should anyone ask me the meaning of 'good', I would reply
'good is good, and let that be the end of the matter'."

After a lengthy pause and considerable discussion amongst
themselves, Russell said "We haven't the foggiest notion
what you mean. Welcome to Cambridge".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._Moore

More Jim's kinda guy, maybe.

Ian