Lecture - Iris Murdoch and William Blake
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The Importance of Attention
In Murdoch's fiction on philosophical writings, the individual is invited to perceive not only other people but also the continuous detail of human activity. William Eastcoat in the Philosopher's Pupil echoes this attentive vision when he suggests that, at any time, there are many, many small things we can do for others. For George Steiner, it is this interconnected, attentive vision that aligns Murdoch with Blake. The infinite alone resides in definitive and indefinite and determinant identity. Government of truth depends on the destruction of falsehood continually.
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