{"product_id":"existentialists-and-mystics-iris-murdoch-9780140264920","title":"Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature","description":"Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, \u003cb\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays. Tracing Murdoch's journey to a modern Platonism, this volume includes incisive evaluations of the thought and writings of \u003cb\u003eT. S. Eliot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvior\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eElias Canetti\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as key texts on the continuing importance of the sublime, on the concept of love, and the role great literature can play in curing the ills of philosophy.\u003cb\u003eExistentialists and Mystics\u003c\/b\u003e not only illuminates the mysticism and intellectual underpinnings of Murdoch's novels, but confirms her major contributions to twentieth-century thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iris Murdoch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0140264922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140264920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.46w x 1.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 52","brand":"Iris Murdoch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051061407999,"sku":"9780140264920","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2bdda27-2dd6-4d41-80e5-d486e7251e1f.jpg?v=1685010860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/existentialists-and-mystics-iris-murdoch-9780140264920","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}