"Stoppard just assumed his audience was as well read and inquisitive as he was. … Philosophy is the foundation of Stoppard’s plays. They cite Aquinas, Aristotle, Ayer, Bentham, Kant, Moore, Plato, Ramsey, Russell, Ryle and Zeno."
— Tom Stoppard

January 1, 1970

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Fergus Edwards, in "'It's wanting to know that makes us matter': how Tom Stoppard made us all philosophers", The Conversation (30 November 2025)