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Dedication explained
The author dedicates this work to his teachers and friends at Cambridge, offering it as a first fruit of his studies.
What happens
The author dedicates this work to his teachers and friends at Cambridge, offering it as a first fruit of his studies.
Characters to notice
- G. E. Moore
The author, dedicating his work to his Cambridge teachers and friends.
Key passages
“Doctoribus amicisque Cantabrigiensibus discipulus amicus Cantabrigiensis primitias D.D.D. auctor”
To his teachers and friends at Cambridge, a fellow Cambridge student and friend dedicates these first fruits, given and dedicated by the author.
The Latin dedication expresses gratitude and intellectual kinship with the Cambridge academic community.