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"A woman could never write Finnegans Wake or Ulysses"

  • Wertheimer [any]
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    3 years ago

    The Bell is wonderful. Haven't read the first one. I keep having bad luck with Murdoch at both libraries and used bookstores, but, yeah, from what I have read, I hope to read and expect to like them all. What do you think of her non-fiction works?

    • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      that anyone studying sartre, ever, absolutely must read her book (sartre: romantic rationalist) on him, not only for it being one of the earliest analytical works on him (writen like.. ten years after he wrote age of reason iirc, analysis of which forms a decent chunk of her approach), but also because it offers a unique perspective, and because it does a brilliant job of explaining essentialism.

      but also metaphysics as a guide to morality is pretty good as a philosophy text on its own

      • Wertheimer [any]
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        3 years ago

        Awesome. Yeah, the second one's been on my list for a while. I should just bite the bullet and buy it new. If I read it anytime soon I'll ping you with some thoughts. Thanks for the recommendations.