Iris Murdoch vs. Anton Chekhov
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Iris Murdoch
1919 – 1999
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher known for her novels that explore moral philosophy, including Under the Net and The Sea, The Sea. She also produced significant work in moral philosophy and taught at Oxford.
"Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."
Anton Chekhov
1860 – 1904
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer, widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre.
"We learn about life not from pluses alone, but from minuses as well."
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