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Quote by Iris Murdoch

“Only love has clear vision. Hatred has cloudy vision. When we hate we know not what we do.”

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Iris Murdoch was an Irish-Canadian philosopher and author, born on July 15, 1919, in Dublin, Ireland, and passed away on February 8, 1999. She is celebrated for her philosophical novels that intertwine moral and ethical dilemmas with complex narratives. Murdoch's work has left a lasting impact on the literary world, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century. more

“I think the novel is essentially a comic form (tragedy is for the theatre), not meaning by that full of jokes, but that it is about the absurd detail of human life, the way in which one cannot fully understand what is happening. Life is muddle and jumble and ends inconclusively, and when this is presented with great comic art the sorrows of human life can be truthfully conveyed; one is moved by the spectacle, and feels that something truthful has been told in a magic way.”

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Author:Iris Murdoch

“for most of us the space between 'dreaming on things to come' and 'it is too late, it is all over' is too tiny to enter.”

Dream Opportunity Space Late Tiny Too Late Space Between

Book:The Black Prince

Source: The Black Prince

“I think philosophy is extremely good training for anyone who wants to do anything. Although that is an idea which people may speak scornfully of now, I think it does teach one to”

People Thinking Want May Doe Ideas Philosophy Speak Teach Training

Author:Iris Murdoch

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