Iris Murdoch
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.
Background
- Born in
- Dublin
- Educated at
- Ibstock Place SchoolBadminton SchoolSomerville CollegeNewnham College
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong🏆 James Tait Black Memorial Prize🏆 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Trending topics shown first"Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."
"We know that the real lesson to be taught is that the human person is precious and unique; but we seem unable to set it forth except in terms of ideology and abstraction."
"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us."
"Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference."
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Timeline
1919
Born
Birth1999
Died
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