Iris Murdoch
1919 – 1999 · United Kingdom · Philosophy, Literature
The Sovereignty of Good returned attention and love to moral philosophy.
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- Ludwig Wittgenstein
1889 – 1951 · Philosophy, Linguistics
Murdoch's moral philosophy answers Wittgenstein's picture of language and inner life.
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