One of the UK''s foremost living 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. <P></P><P>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. </P><P></P><P>The mother of three children, her journey is one of a woman who during the 1950s and 1960s was 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
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<P>In an impassioned defence of the importance of our own thoughts, feelings and experiences, the renowned philosopher Mary Midgley shows that there¿s much more to our selves than a jumble of brain cells. Exploring the remarkable gap that has opened...
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Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In <EM>Beast and Man</EM> Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely,...
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To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. Midgley''s analysis proves that the capacity for real wickedness is an inevitable part of human nature....
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According to The Guardian, Midgley is ''the foremost scourge of scientific pretentions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who fee she sometimes oversteps the mark''. This book examines how science comes...
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