Single Idea 21982

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing]

Full Idea

"I see nobody on the road," said Alice. - "I only wish I had such eyes," the King remarked. ..."To be able to see Nobody! ...Why, it's as much as I can do to see real people."

Gist of Idea

I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people.

Source

Lewis Carroll (C.Dodgson) (Through the Looking Glass [1886], p.189), quoted by A.W. Moore - The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics 07.7

Book Reference

Moore,A.W.: 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics' [CUP 2013], p.182


A Reaction

[Moore quotes this, inevitably, in a chapter on Hegel] This may be a better candidate for the birth of philosophy of language than Frege's Groundwork.