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The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Jean Iris Murdoch
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