In 2005 St Andrews Studies published a volume of essays by Anscombe entitled Hum
an Life, Action and Ethics, followed in 2008 by a second with the title Faith in
a Hard Ground. Both books were highly praised. This third volume brings essays
on the thought of historical philosophers in which Anscombe engages directly wit
h their ideas and arguments. Many are published here for the first time and the
collection provides further testimony to Anscombeas insight and intellectual ima
gination. More treasures from the archive of papers left by philosopher Elizabet
h Anscombe, edited by her daughter and son-in-law, philosophers Mary Geach and L
uke Gormally.This volume collects a number of published and unpublished papers b
y Elizabeth Anscombe in which she engages with the thought of major philosophers
of the past. Philosophers featured include Plato, Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes, H
ume, Spinoza, and Wittgenstein.
