Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the Sacred and Profane Love Machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the psychotherapist, Blaise Gavender, sometimes wishes he could divide himself in two.
She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry..
She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent.
Anne\'s College for 20 years.
She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St.
About the Author: Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London.
Instead, he lets loose misery and confusion and--for the spectators at any rate--a morality play, rich in reflections upon the paradoxes of human life and the nature of the battle between Sacred and Profane love.
Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the Sacred and Profane Love Machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the psychotherapist, Blaise Gavender, sometimes wishes he could divide himself in two