Owl of Minerva: A Memoir de Midgley, Mary

NY: Routledge, 2005. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xiii, 212pp+ index. Very good hardback bound in publisher's boards and issued without a jacket.

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New. One of the UK's foremost moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her remarkable story in this elegiac and moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profound love of teaching. In spite of her many books and public profile, little is known about Mary's life. Part of a famous generation of women philosophers that includes Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Warnock and Iris Murdoch, Midgley tells us in vivid and humorous fashion how they cut a swathe through the arid landscape of 1950s British Philosophy, writing and arguing about the grand themes of character, beauty and the meaning of rudeness. As the mother of three children, her journey during the 1950s and 1960s was one of a woman fighting to combine a professional career with raising a family. In startling contrast to many of the academic stars of her generation, we learn that Midgley nearly became a novelist and started writing philosophy only when in her fifties, suggesting… Leer más

London: Routledge,, 2005. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. xii, 220pp. A fine copy in a lightly used, very good indeed dust jacket.

Routledge, 2005. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 220 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

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Hardback. New. One of the UK's foremost moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her story in this account of friendships and philosophical battles. Charting the highs and lows of philosophy and academia in Britain, it sheds light on Mary's close friends, her moral philosophy and her meetings with major philosophers, including Wittgenstein and Isaiah Berlin.

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