Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch and the Virtues In this episode we discuss Murdoch’s conceptualisation of virtue and what it might mean to be virtuous. We’ll range across her philosophy, of course, but we’ll also have time to visit her fiction and

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New piece from the American Philosophical Association on Murdoch and haunting.

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Iris Murdoch, The Art of Fiction No. 117 “You can’t write a traditional novel without giving your characters moral problems and judgments.”

“I’ve never thought of counting words. I’d rather not know.” —Iris Murdoch

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Cover of the British first edition of "The Unicorn", with an illustration of a unicorn inside a small hexagonal pen.

In the middle of reading a lot of Iris Murdoch. Currently this one. By way of an antidote to the times we live in among other things.

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Some 17 years after her death, ten poetry notebooks were discovered in the attic of Iris Mudoch's home in Oxford. In a new lecture by Miles Leeson on 31 May we will look at this treasure trove of poems and learn to see another side of Murdoch.

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Moral Mysteries | The Point Magazine “It is always a significant question to ask about any philosopher: what is he afraid of?” wrote Iris Murdoch in her slim work of moral […]

In his recent book on the moral philosophy of Iris Murdoch, Mark Hopwood gives us “a Murdoch who is no longer just a defective analytic philosopher, but a thinker in a tradition of her own,” writes Parker Henry:

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It was great to be at the London Library last night with Bidisha, Anne Rowe, Leo Robson, Richard Scott and Lucy Briers to celebrate 'Poems from an Attic' by Iris.

Seeking Goodness: The Philosophy of Iris Murdoch - Woodbrooke Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was a writer with a deep interest in how we can live good and meaningful lives as human beings. In her philosophy, she sought to

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‘Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.’ Last few days to sign up for our Iris Murdoch and the Natural World course, which begins Sunday 15th March.

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'The self, the place where we live, is a place of illusion. Goodness is connected with the attempt to see the unself, to see and to respond to the real world in the light of a virtuous consciousness' (Iris Murdoch, "The Sovereignty of the Good".

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Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy Podcast In this episode Miles is joined by Cathy Mason (Central European University, Vienna) to discuss her new book, 'Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy: Reframing the True, the Real, and the Good'. https://bl

New Iris Murdoch podcast episode! We're joined by Cathy Mason from @weareceu.bsky.social to discuss her new book, 'Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy: Reframing the True, the Real, and the Good', from @oupphilosophy.bsky.social.

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Someone who had never heard of Iris Murdoch asked me about her today, and when I described her--I've been reading her for 20 years--their joy was as if they had learned of the existence of a long-lost friend. Makes me so happy that her writing still enchants. @irismurdoch.bsky.social

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Live in the Archive: Iris Murdoch and the poems in the Live in the Archive is a collaboration between The London Library and Curtis Brown Heritage to celebrate some of the greatest literary stars in our combined history. This time, we’ll be turning o...

We're looking forward to being at The London Library next week!

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Existentialists and Mystics 3 Podcast In this episode we are returning to our close reading of the collection Existentialists and Mystics. For the third podcast of our mini-series, we’ll be discussing Murdoch's review of Gabriel Marcel’s

New Podcast Episode! We continue the 'Existentialists and Mystics' mini-series. Miles Leeson and Sam Filby discuss Murdoch's review of Gabriel Marcel’s ‘The Image of Mind’ and her essay ‘The Existential Political Myth’.

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