MOORE (George Edward).

Proof of an External World.

First edition. 30, [2] pp. Original printed wrappers, sewn as issued, edges untrimmed (contents generally clean and unmarked; wrappers unevenly toned with light wear and creasing to extremities). London, Humphrey Milford. From the Proceedings of the British Academy. Volume XXV, 1939.

£275.00

Moore’s ‘most famous, and almost his last, paper. This is the text of a lecture in which Moore returns to the task of refuting idealism and finally accomplishes his ‘proof’ by means of a startling theatrical gesture in which he simply holds up his hands before his audience and challenges them to deny their reality’ (ODNB).

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