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The day four women reinvented philosophy: "All the men went to war, only the cripples and conscientious objectors remained"

'Metaphysical Animals' tells the story of four philosopher friends who, in Europe's darkest moment, took the reins of a hitherto masculine discipline to give it a new impetus.

PHOTOS: Principal and Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford by kind permission fo Principal and Fellows of St Hugh's College, Oxford. ILLUSTRATION: Josetxu L. Piñeiro.