G.E. Moore quotes this at the beginning of his book, Principia Ethica,
and attributes it, I believe correctly, to Bishop Jospeh Butler who lived
during the 18th century and whose most famous work is entitled "Fifteen
Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel: and a Dissertation Upon the Nature
of Virtue" (c. 1726). I don't have either book in front of me, but I think
the original Butler version is worded slightly differently than the way
you quote it.
Bruce Muck
Head of Research Services
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275-0354
Internet: bmuck@sun.cis.smu.edu
On Fri, 24 Sep 1993, Sally Curtis AsKew wrote:
> A professor asked about the source of a T.S. Eliot quotation he read in
> a Bankruptcy Court case. The quotation is "Each thing is what it is and
> not some other thing." The quote is identified as being from T.S. Eliot,
> but the name of the poem is not identified. The UGA professor thinks
> that the quotation is one that Eliot picked up from some other writer.
> Can anyone help? I have done WL and LEXIS searches in addition to
> checking all the usual quotation books. Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Sally Curtis AsKew
> University of Georgia
> Law Library
> Internet:scaskew@uga.cc.uga.edu
> Bitnet:scaskew.bitnet
> Phone:706-542-5077
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