I recently finished reading Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back To Life by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman, a study of the lives and work of Mary Midgley, Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foote and Iris Murdoch. Attention to these four has sometimes been over-shadowed by attention to their male contemporaries like Ludwig Wittgenstein.
I loved this! I've always had a pile of books on my nightstand - mostly books I started and promised myself someday I would return to them. Mostly never returning to the pile - except to increase its height - became a sign of failure or lack of completion. I burst into tears when you said 'books are your friends' giving me permission to grow the stack even higher.
I loved this! I've always had a pile of books on my nightstand - mostly books I started and promised myself someday I would return to them. Mostly never returning to the pile - except to increase its height - became a sign of failure or lack of completion. I burst into tears when you said 'books are your friends' giving me permission to grow the stack even higher.