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Iris Murdoch quotes on attention

4 verified English passages where Iris Murdoch’ s thought meets questions of attention.

Iris Murdoch on attention

Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) approaches attention within moral philosophy. Moral philosophy needs a realistic idea of the Good beyond will and choice alone. Egoism clouds vision; love and art can purify attention toward particular realities. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets attention most directly—useful for searches such as “iris murdoch quotes on attention.”

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  1. We need a moral philosophy in which the concept of love… can once again be made central.
  2. I can only choose within the world I can see, in the moral sense of "see" which implies that clear vision is a result of moral imagination and moral effort.
  3. The self, the place where we live, is a place of illusion. Goodness is connected with the attempt to see the unself.
  4. Moral change and moral achievement are slow; we are not loosely and lightly attached to the world.