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Interview
D.D. Raphael
The moral and political philosopher D.D. (David Daiches) Raphael died just before Christmas – a month short of his 100th birthday. Shortly before his death, he spoke to Gideon Calder about what more than eighty years in philosophy involves.
What led you to study philosophy?
I remember reading a book in the early 1930s – now what was the book? Perhaps it was Ethics by G.E. Moore – and thinking, “Well, if that’s philosophy, I think I can do it!”
One striking thing about your work is your consistent interest in British philosophers.
Well, it just so happened that I knew French reasonably well, but not so well as to be able to do philosophical work in French. I remember while going to lectures at Oxford that Henry Price, who was the Professor of Logic, suggested that I should read [18th century Welsh moral philosopher] Richard Price.
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