
James Geary: The Pessimistic Is Optimistic School of Advanced Study - Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London The World in a Phrase: Philosophy and the Aphorism featuring panelists James Geary, A.C. Grayling, and John Lloyd.The aphorism - a world of thought compacted into a single phrase - is the oldest written form of literature on the planet. The aphorism is also the oldest form of philosophical writing, dating back to the earliest moral and cosmological musings
