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Iris Murdoch (1919- 1999)
• Born in Dublin, Ireland • Grew up in London •Known as one of the most important novelists in English in the twentieth century • Wrote 26 philosophy and psychology novels • Was a member of communist party, but soon resigned and and rejected its principles before World War II • During the war, Murdoch worked as a British Treasury offices • Spent a year working with UN relief organization in Belgium and Austria • Studied philosophy in Newnham College, Cambridge • Became a tutor/ professor in St. Anne College until she retired to write fulltime
•Satre, Romantic Rationalist (1953) • The Flight from the Enchanter (1956) • The Red and the Green (1956) • The Sovereignty Good and Other Concepts (1967) •The Black Prince (1973) • The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (1974) • The Book and the Brotherhood (1987) • Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals (1992) • The Green Knight (1993) • Existentialist and Mystics: Writings on on Philosophy and Literature (1997)
• Murdoch emphasis that there can be true moral position outside the confines religion. • She weighs her argument in both sides, moral and religion and let her reader decide how to resolve them •She thrived on contradictions and saw them as energy for understanding
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Unformatted text preview:•The Red and the Green (1956)• The Sovereignty Good and Other Concepts (1967)• The Black Prince (1973) • The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (1974) • The Book and the Brotherhood (1987) • Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals (1992) • The Green Knight (1993) •Existentialist and Mystics: Writings on on Philosophy and Literature (1997) •Murdoch emphasis that there can be true moral position outside the confines religion. • She weighs her argument in both sides, moral and religion and let her reader decide how to resolve them• She thrived on contradictions and saw them as energy for understanding