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Philosophy: Who Needs It
by Rand, Ayn
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill [1982], 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [6], vii-xi, [1], 276 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Introduction by Leonard Peikoff. Ahearn APG 039b (first two lines of copyright information printed rather than stamped on the copyright page). Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket with traces of rubbing (particularly to the spine panel) and two small tears.
Synopsis
This collection of essays was the last work planned by Ayn Rand before her death in 1982. In it, she summarizes her view of philosophy and deals with a broad spectrum of topics. According to Ayn Rand, the choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy, but which one to have: rational, conscious, and therefore practical; or contradictory, unidentified, and ultimately lethal. Written with all the clarity and eloquence that have placed Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophy in the mainstream of American thought, these essays range over such basic issues as education, morality, censorship, and inflation to prove that philosophy is the fundamental force in all our lives.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00005030
- Title
- Philosophy: Who Needs It
- Author
- Rand, Ayn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill [1982]
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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About the Seller
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About Evening Star Books
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- Cloth
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