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Parallel biographies of philosophers
From my previous two posts, I notice there’s a whole lot of parallel biographies of philosophers that have been published over the last 20 years. These are some of the ones I have noticed: Wolfram Ellenberger The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times. Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein,…
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Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb, The Women are Up to Something – A review
Note: this is repost of a book review I published on my Tumblr in 2023: https://www.tumblr.com/paulw76/699609328827744256/ive-read-another-book-on-elizabeth-anscombe-iris I’ve read another book on Elizabeth Anscombe, Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot and Mary Midgley – Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb’s The Women are Up to Something, published a year earlier than Metaphysical Animals. I found it a much easier read…
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Clare MacCumhaill and Rachael Wiseman, Metaphysical Animals – A Review
Note: this was first published at my Tumblr blog in 2023: https://www.tumblr.com/paulw76/698960504699387904/over-the-long-weekend-here-in-new-zealand-i-have Over the long weekend here in New Zealand I have read Metaphysical Animals by Clare MacCumhaill and Rachael Wiseman. This is a biographical study of the philosophers Elizabeth Anscombe, Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot and Mary Midgley and the ways their lives, friendships and…