"TO HELL WITH PHILOSOPHY"
[A collection of 20 works, 19 of which signed/and or inscribed to her close friend philosopher Scott Dunbar]. .
London.
[vs., 1980-1999]
[vs. editions].
8vo.
20 vols. Cloth, dustwrappers. Occasional structural damage to text blocks(owing to heavy annotation), but largely preserved in collectable condition. Several works (especially the philosophical texts) heavily annotated by Dunbar, giving both positive affirmations and constructive notes, 19 signed and/or inscribed by the author.
[With:] Loosely inserted, five undated A.L.S., four in the remains of the original envelopes, from Murdoch to Dunbar.
[And:] [Dunbar’s handwritten notes over four sides of lined A4, titled “Course Outline, Existentialism” including a passage from the Tempest. Dunbar notes “Existentialism is a form of humanism”, The declaration made by Jean-Paul Sartre at a Brussels lecture in 1945 at which Murdoch was present, and greatly influenced her and her work]. 4ff.
[With:] Loosely inserted, five undated A.L.S., four in the remains of the original envelopes, from Murdoch to Dunbar.
[And:] [Dunbar’s handwritten notes over four sides of lined A4, titled “Course Outline, Existentialism” including a passage from the Tempest. Dunbar notes “Existentialism is a form of humanism”, The declaration made by Jean-Paul Sartre at a Brussels lecture in 1945 at which Murdoch was present, and greatly influenced her and her work]. 4ff.
An attractive collection of signed works formed and with several annotated by Scott Dunbar (d.2006) Canadian philosopher, theologian, bioethicist, and teacher and a close friend of the author. With additional manuscript letters detailing Murdoch’s day to day life, updates on the health of a mutual friend Reve, thanks for gifts sent via airmail, as well as reflections on the Gifford Lectures, and feelings on her philosophical work ('To hell with philosophy'), and manuscript philosophical notes by Dunbar.
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) is widely regarded as one of the greatest British writers of the twentieth-century. Despite a rigorous education and fellowship of St Anne’s College, Oxford, Murdoch’s reputation as a serious philosopher was often overshadowed in her lifetime by the success of her novels, all grappling at varying degrees with both moral realism and existentialism. However, Murdoch’s ability to present the inner life of her characters is an argument in itself to present the most complex challenges of morality in novelised form, allowing the reader access to some of these concepts. Thus, perhaps her influence on both writers and philosophers should remain open to critical interpretation.
Dunbar first met Murdoch in 1966, afterwards maintaining a lifelong friendship and correspondence based on mutual respect, genuine affection, and continual intellectual discourse.
[Further details for this collection are available upon request.]
£ 3,750.00
Antiquates Ref: 25826
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) is widely regarded as one of the greatest British writers of the twentieth-century. Despite a rigorous education and fellowship of St Anne’s College, Oxford, Murdoch’s reputation as a serious philosopher was often overshadowed in her lifetime by the success of her novels, all grappling at varying degrees with both moral realism and existentialism. However, Murdoch’s ability to present the inner life of her characters is an argument in itself to present the most complex challenges of morality in novelised form, allowing the reader access to some of these concepts. Thus, perhaps her influence on both writers and philosophers should remain open to critical interpretation.
Dunbar first met Murdoch in 1966, afterwards maintaining a lifelong friendship and correspondence based on mutual respect, genuine affection, and continual intellectual discourse.
[Further details for this collection are available upon request.]