The Selected Writings of Maurice OConnor Drury

But beyond Drurys recollections of, and conversations with, Wittgenstein, many of the writings in this collection have independent valuenot least Drurys essay on the method of philosophy, his exchanges with Rush Rhees on religion, and his most famous work, The Danger of Words. * Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal * A splendid book that provides an interesting, original perspective on Wittgensteins thought . . . A substantial work excellently assembled and edited by Prof John Hayes. It is of interest to the general reader as well as to students of philosophy or psychiatry. * The Irish Times * This wide-ranging selection of his writings by John Hayes of the University of Limerick is a welcome and long overdue publication . . . The collection combines Drurys much-cited recollections of Wittgenstein with his own philosophical writings, including his extensive correspondence with Rush Rhees (Wittgensteins main literary executor), reflections on religion, and essays on medicine, psychiatry and hypnosis. The editor concedes that were it not for Drurys association with Wittgenstein the collection might not have found its way into print, but it is all the more valuable for this: Ray Monk, Wittgensteins biographer, noted of Drurys only philosophical work published during his lifetime, The Danger of Words (1973, reprinted in this collection), that it was the most truly Wittgensteinian work published by any of Wittgensteins students. * Dublin Review of Books * These Selected Writings. . ., excellently edited by John Hayes, provide us with a comprehensive picture of Drurys corpus, bringing together all the scattered pieces already in print as well as a considerable amount of unpublished material ... Drurys unique voice on the philosophy he learnt from his teacher is valuable; it is embedded in the life he lived as much as in his intellectual questing. * Philosophical Investigations * In editing this collection so carefully and so scrupulously, John Hayes has provided an important service to those of us who have become admirers of Drury. His account of Drurys life, and, especially, of Drurys relationship with Wittgenstein, is rich in insight, detail and fresh information. The pieces by Drury that have previously been published his articles about his conversations with Wittgenstein and the papers that made up The Danger of Words are published here in a way that allows the readers to better understand the context in which they were written. And then there is the new material the letters to Rush Rhees about philosophy and religion, the BBC broadcast about Wittgenstein, and the lecture on philosophy that Drury gave at University College Dublin all of which is collected here together with extraordinarily complete annotations. * Ray Monk, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southampton, UK * As shown by the work of Strring, Ziehen, Jaspers, Janet, Mourgue, Morselli, Ey, Lanteri-Laura, Martin-Santos, Kimura, etc., the psychiatrist-philosopher remains a cultural archetype. Con Drurys work showed that such a figure was also present in Great Britain. Lovingly edited by John Hayes, this volume illustrates the usefulness to psychiatry of conceptual analysis and of a way of thinking that, alas, is now rarely exercised by its practitioners. * German E. Berrios, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK * This meticulously edited collection brings together, for the first time, some of the most important published and unpublished writings of Maurice OConner Drury, pupil and life-long friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Drurys writings provide a unique insight into Wittgensteins thinking about philosophy and religion. They also give the reader an opportunity to fully appreciate the significance of Drurys own philosophically inspired thinking about medicine and psychiatry. The book is an invaluable resource for all those interested in the life and work of one o

John Hayes is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. Ray Monk is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton, UK. He has published award-winning biographies of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell. His most recent book is Inside the Centre: the Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2012, Jonathan Cape).

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword, by Ray Monk Abbreviations Preface I. Drury and Wittgenstein: Kindred Souls by John Hayes II. Recollections of Wittgenstein - Contribution to a BBC Symposium - Conversations with Wittgenstein - Some Notes on Conversations with Wittgenstein III. Philosophical Writings - Methods of Philosophy Lecture: 1935 - Letters to a Student of Philosophy: 1954 - Six Reflections Shared with Rush Rhees - University College Dublin Lecture: 1967 - Letter to Rush Rhees IV. On Religion - Letters to Rhees - Undated Letter Extract - Letter to D.Z. Phillips: 23 July 1964 V. On Medicine, Psychiatry and Psychology - The Danger of Words - Review of Danger of Words by Ilham Dilman - Fact and Hypothesis - Letters to Rhees - Introductory Lectures on Hypnosis - Counsel to Townsend VI. Biographical & Historical Notes Index