I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the history of avi… - Tom Stoppard
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I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the history of aviation, of course.
Now a philosopher exploring the difficult terrain of right and wrong should not be over-impressed by the argument "a child would know the difference". But when, let us say, we are being persuaded that it is ethical to put someone in prison for reading or writing the wrong books, it is well to be reminded that you can persuade a man to believe almost anything provided he is clever enough, but it is much more difficult to persuade someone less clever.
[James] Joyce... an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized....
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