Metaphysical animals : how four women brought philosophy back to life
(Large Print)
Author
Contributors
Wiseman, Rachael, author.
Published
New York, NY : Random House Large Print, 2022.
Status
Central Library - Large Print Books - Adult
192 M
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192 M
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Anscombe, G. E. M. -- (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret) -- Friends and associates.
Biographies.
Foot, Philippa -- Friends and associates.
Large type books.
Midgley, Mary, -- 1919-2018 -- Friends and associates.
Murdoch, Iris -- Friends and associates.
Women philosophers -- England -- Biography.
Women philosophers -- England.
Biographies.
Foot, Philippa -- Friends and associates.
Large type books.
Midgley, Mary, -- 1919-2018 -- Friends and associates.
Murdoch, Iris -- Friends and associates.
Women philosophers -- England -- Biography.
Women philosophers -- England.
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Published
New York, NY : Random House Large Print, 2022.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
xxi, 660 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"A vibrant portrait of four college friends--Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Mary Midgley--who formed a new philosophical tradition while Oxford's men were away fighting World War II. The history of European philosophy is usually constructed from the work of men. In Metaphysical Animals, a pioneering group biography, Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman offer a compelling alternative. In the mid-twentieth century Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot, and Iris Murdoch were philosophy students at Oxford when most male undergraduates and many tutors were conscripted away to fight in the Second World War. Together, these young women, all friends, developed a philosophy that could respond to the war's darkest revelations. Neither the great Enlightenment thinkers of the past, the logical innovators of the early twentieth century, or the new Existentialist philosophy trickling across the Channel, could make sense of this new human reality of limitless depravity and destructive power, the women felt. Their answer was to bring philosophy back to life. We are metaphysical animals, they realized, creatures that can question their very being. Who am I? What is freedom? What is human goodness? The answers we give, they believed, shape what we will become"--,Amazon.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mac Cumhaill, C., & Wiseman, R. (2022). Metaphysical animals: how four women brought philosophy back to life (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mac Cumhaill, Clare and Rachael, Wiseman. 2022. Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mac Cumhaill, Clare and Rachael, Wiseman. Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life Random House Large Print, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mac Cumhaill, Clare, and Rachael Wiseman. Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2022.
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