From Plato to Wittgenstein: Essays by GEM Anscombe

St Andres Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs Founding and General

This series originates in the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews and is under the general editorship of John Haldane. The series includes monographs, collections of essays and occasional anthologies of source material representing study in those areas of philosophy most relevant to topics of public importance, with the aim of advancing the contribution of philosophy in the discussion of these topics.

Volume XVIII: From Plato to Wittigenstein: Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe

In 2005 St Andrews Studies published a volume of essays by Anscombe entitled Human Life, Action and Ethics, followed in 2008 by a second with the title Faith in a Hard Ground. Both books were highly praised. Of the first, Philippa Foot observed, "The essays show the extraordinary originality and great interest of Anscombe's work in action theory and moral philosophy." of the second, Alasdair MacIntyre wrote "This is an excellent and unusually rewarding book ... she always takes her readers to the point at which they are considerably better placed to pose their own further questions than they would otherwise have been."

This third volume brings essays on the thought of historical philosophers in which Anscombe engages directly with their ideas and arguments. Many are published here for the first time and the collection provides further testimony to Anscombe's insight and intellectual imagination.