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Iris Murdoch Quotes on Virtue

Iris Murdoch was a 20th-century British philosopher and novelist, the author of 26 novels and several volumes of moral philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Iris Murdoch on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Iris Murdoch:

    “Love is the perception of individuals.”

  • Attributed to Iris Murdoch:

    “We can only learn to love by loving.”

  • Attributed to Iris Murdoch:

    “Anything that consoles is fake.”

  • Attributed to Iris Murdoch:

    “The love of God is moral and not mystical.”