This the story of four philosophers-Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch-who helped shape the intellectual history of the 20th century, reviving the ethical imagination of their time and ours. The Second World War gave these four women their chance, as they pursued roles formerly reserved for men. But they succeeded because of their formidable intelligence and because of who they were: a combative Catholic convert who never cared whomshe offended; her unlikely best friend, an atheist who grew up in a world of class and manners; a woman who spent a decade and a half raising her boys, publishing the first of her sixteen books at almost 60; and a mystical novelist who gradually drifted away from the academy. This is a book for thoseinterested in these vivid characters, in the first school of women philosophers, or in alternative ways of thinking about how to live.

Author Benjamin J. Bru Lipscomb Published by Oxford University Press ISBN 9780197541074 EAN 9780197541074 Bic Code Cover Hardback