Hegel says that Truth is a great word and the thing is grea… - Iris Murdoch

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Hegel says that Truth is a great word and the thing is greater still. With Dave we never seemed to get past the word.

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Dame Jean Iris Murdoch (15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher, famed for her series of novels that combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines usually involving ethical or sexual themes. Her life-story was filmed in 2001 as Iris.

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Native Name: Jean Iris Murdoch

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Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.

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Hegel says that Truth is a great word and the thing is greater still. With Dave we never seemed to get past the word. - Iris Murdoch

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