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Seventeenth-Century Catholic Philosophers in Cambridge University Library: guest post by Niall Dilucia

Posted on 22 August 2022 by Special Collections

In this guest post, Cambridge PhD student Niall Dilucia writes about his research into early modern intellectual history, examining the relationship between philosophy, theology, and […]

Collectors and collecting, Library history, Rare Books, Special Collections

‘It is a person’s privilege to go to hell’: how Ludwig Wittgenstein and Alice Ambrose fell out

Posted on 5 August 2013 by Emily Dezurick-Badran

It’s known that the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein fell out with one of his most beloved students, the American logician Alice Ambrose. The source of the […]

Archives, Manuscripts

Introducing GE Moore

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Emily Dezurick-Badran

GE Moore was famous during his lifetime for his book Principia Ethica (1903), a founding text of analytic philosophy. Those familiar with Moore only through […]

Archives, Manuscripts