Posted by henrietta on July 23, 2005, at 8:13:57
In reply to Re: Yet another rave... » henrietta, posted by alexandra_k on July 21, 2005, at 20:30:30
She was a philosopher and novelist. Died in 1999. Taught at Oxford. Her novels are among my favorite works of literature, and Metaphysics As
A Guide To Morals ain't bad, either. A Platonist.
Here's a nice quote: "Good is the reality of which God is the dream." Or this: "Virtue is the attempt to pierce the veil of selfish consciousness and join the world as it really is. It is an empirical fact about human nature that this attempt cannot be entirely successful."
Another favorite quote: "Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling."
But I see these random quotes don't begin to give a sense of her. So I'll stop.
Best,
hen
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