Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.

Atheism is not just about not believing there is a God, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of God is he?

I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You do not have to choose between one or the other. You can have both. The human cultural jungle should be as varied and plural as the Amazonian rainforest. We are all richer for biodiversity. We may decide that a puma is worth more to us than a caterpillar, but surely we can agree that the habitat is all the better for being able to sustain each.

A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the rooms of friends, with earnest frolic and happy disputation.

I knew I couldn't believe in God, because I was fundamentally Hellenic in my outlook.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.