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Fiction

A Philosophy Lecture from the Good Old Days

Recalled by Andrew Belsey.

Some years ago, probably in the early 1960s, I attended a course of philosophy lectures, but I am unable to recall who gave them or even where they were given. At the time I took extensive notes, and recently I came across my notes of one of the lectures. They are, I think, pretty well a verbatim record, and I reproduce them here as they form something of a historic document, shedding considerable light on the development of recent philosophy in this country. – Andrew Belsey.

A Philosophy Lecture

Sometimes you might say “There’s a snake in the grass”.

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