Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and its Meaning (Gifford Lectures ; 1990): [Gifford Lectures 1990]
by Midgley, Mary
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0415062713
- ISBN 13
- 9780415062718
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Routledge, 1992. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/Fine. x, 239. 12mo, black cloth, silver gilt lettering. A pristine copy, extremely tight and fresh. DJ crisp and sharp, wrapped in mylar. Her Gifford Lectures in pugnacious defense of the humanities did much to seal her reputation as "the most frightening philosopher in the country: the one before whom it is least pleasant to appear a fool" (The Guardian).
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 816
- Title
- Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and its Meaning (Gifford Lectures ; 1990)
- Author
- Midgley, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0415062713
- ISBN 13
- 9780415062718
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Place of Publication
- Florence, Kentucky, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Scientism, , , , , , , ,
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Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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