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A philosophy to live by : engaging Iris Murdoch / Maria Antonaccio.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Antonaccio, Maria, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murdoch, Iris--Ethics.
- Murdoch, Iris.
- Philosophy in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages)
- Other Title:
- Engaging Iris Murdoch
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title highlights Murdoch's distinctive conception of philosophy as a spiritual or existential practice and enlists the resources of her thought to explore a wide range of thinkers and debates at the intersections of moral philosophy, religion art, and politics.
- Contents:
- The virtues of metaphysics
- Form and contingency
- The consolations of literature
- Imagining the good without God
- The return of spiritual exercises
- The ascetic impulse
- Religion and the ubiquity of value
- The liberal imagination
- The lives of Iris Murdoch: an apologia.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012).
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49993-1
- 9786613595164
- 0-19-985558-7
- OCLC:
- 794003731
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