Metaphysical AnimalsHow Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life by Clare Mac CumhaillRachael Wiseman

In philosophy one must start from scratch ampamp it takes a very long time to reach scratch Iris Murdoch Mary Midgley Philippa Foot and Elizabeth Anscombe were philosophy students at Oxford during the Second World War when most male undergraduates and many tutors were conscripted. Taught by refugee scholars women and conscientious objectors the four friends developed a philosophy that could respond to the wars darkest revelations. When images of the concentration camps emerged Foot wrote We h Hardback