Fun collection of thoughts from AC Grayling
English Philosopher AC Grayling was
interviewed for the UK Guardian and had some interesting thoughts and observations.
Here are the first four:
This much I know
AC Grayling, philosopher, 60, London
A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.
The democracy of blogging and tweeting is absolutely terrific in one way. It is also the most effective producer of rubbish and insult and falsehood we have yet invented.
I am putting together a secular bible. My Genesis is when the apple falls on Newton's head.
I spent the first 13 years of my life in Zambia. In Africa you can't walk in the countryside and think. You might be eaten by a lion. You have to read instead.
And he concludes with this gem:
Every professor of philosophy needs a nine-year-old daughter. Mine has a habit of saying, "Daddy, that is a very silly idea." She is always right.
Posted by DaveH at July 14, 2009 6:17 PM