Diana Janney on the Philosophical Foundations of Her Fiction
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
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In this episode, Andrew talks to the author of A Man of Understanding, Diana Janney, on how the great philosophers—from Aristotle to Hume to Kant—have informed her novels.
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Diana Janney is the author of the novels The Choice and The Infinite Wisdom of Harriet Rose, which has been translated into four languages (Spanish, German, Dutch, Portuguese), produced as an audiobook by the BBC, and the film rights were sold to a British film company. Formerly she practiced as a barrister in London after having qualified as a solicitor at a leading City of London international law firm. She read Philosophy at University College, London, where she received a First for her Masters thesis on Kant and Hume, and three Scholarships.
