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Metaphysical Animals
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life | Clare Mac Cumhaill, Rachael Wiseman
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'[A] splendidly entertaining book, fizzing with character and incident' Spectator ____________ 'In philosophy, one must start from scratch - & it takes a very long time to reach scratch' Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot and Elizabeth Anscombe were philosophy students at Oxford during the Second World War when most male undergraduates (and many tutors) were conscripted. Taught by refugee scholars, women and conscientious objectors, the four friends developed a philosophy that could respond to the war's darkest revelations. How, they asked, do we find our way through the devastation of what we have created? Not even the great thinkers of the past or the logical innovators and Existentialists of the early twentieth century could make sense of this new human reality. So, in search of an answer, the four friends set out to bring philosophy back to life. Written with expertise and flair, Metaphysical Animals is a vivid blend of philosophy and recovered history - bringing back the women who shared ideas, as well as sofas, shoes and even lovers. Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman show how from the disorder and despair of the war, four brilliant friends reinvigorated philosophy and created a way of ethical thinking that remains with us today.
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“Just after lunch,on 1 May 1956, the tolling of the treble bell of St Mary‘s church summoned Oxford University‘s dons to the Old Bodleian Library,a site of male learning and clerical endeavor for four centuries, now, suddenly and inexplicably, said to be under threat from ‘the women‘.”
Yes , I‘m down! Up on #TBRmountain it goes!😂Wait , I thought I was on to do a bookcase purge….

LeahBergen This sounds good! 1y
Leftcoastzen @LeahBergen yes , I did read the introduction, but I need to finish some other things first. 1y
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More tempting reviews, more attempts at resistance (to getting my online shop on).

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