Murdoch's view of love is knowledge of the other person, or seeing them as they really are –- it involves understanding them as a person, both their positive and negative qualities. Iris Murdoch was known for her writing on morality, good and evil and human relationships.
- "Love is the imaginative recognition of … otherness"; and
- "Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Love … is the discovery of reality."
