Science and Sanity: An Introductions to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
by Korzybski, Alfred
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Light bump to lower front corner, rubbing with some color loss to spine tips and less so to corners, spine dull, still a very go
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The International Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Company, 1933. First edition, first printing. Light bump to lower front corner, rubbing with some color loss to spine tips and less so to corners, spine dull, still a very good copy, internally clean with hinges firm, in custom mylar cover.. Blue cloth, no dust jacket. Inscribed to author/historian, Anita L. Lebeson; "To Anita L. Lebeson, with best semantic wishes and memories, Evanston, 1935, A. Korzybski." In this seminal work, Korzybski developed his theory of General Semantics, that humans are limited by their nervous system and their language, thus limiting our direct access to reality.
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- Bookseller
- The Hermitage Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144060
- Title
- Science and Sanity: An Introductions to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
- Author
- Korzybski, Alfred
- Book Condition
- Used - Light bump to lower front corner, rubbing with some color loss to spine tips and less so to corners, spine dull, still a very go
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- The International Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Company
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Semantics, Gift, Signed.
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