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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Cloth. Dark has grey spine with white lettering; Author examines the life and works of one of the sixteenth century's greatest intellectuals. Esteemed by his contemporaries, he was a renowned poet, teacher of rhetoric, local historian, publisher and founder of a literary academy in Bologna; 8vo; 299 pages .

New York And Avenel, NJ: Gramercy Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. 1/4 Cloth. 0517091186 . An edition in Very Good condition with bumping to the board corners and creasing to the spine edges in an alike dust-jacket that has a tear on the lower front right edge and other general wear to the trim ; The Age of Reason is a book written by Thomas Paine that attacks the theology of the Bible. Paine argues that the Bible is not a true account of history, and that it was written by men who were not qualified to write it. He also argues that the God of the Bible is not real, and that religion is nothing more than superstition.; 8vo; 184 pages .

New York: Phoilosophical Library. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. c1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good+ first printing of the first edition, yellow publisher's stain with some damp stains and edgewear in Fair dust-jacket with large tears and chips; This is a version of Albert Schweitzer: Das Leben eines guten Menschen; B & W Photograph; 8vo; 160 pages .

Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. c1978. Cloth. 0800604865 . Near Fine condition with light sunning to the board edges in a Good dust-jacket with some scuffing and edgewear, with small closed tear on lower front edge; Seven scholars collaborate to discuss the American religious experience and what is needed if present and future challenges are to be met; 8vo; 211 pages; FSA .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing in Good+ condition with bumping and fraying to the board trim and aged pages in an alike dust-jacket that is chipped and creased around the edges; The Anatomy of Inquiry is a book about philosophy of science by Scheffler. It is a comprehensive and scholarly work that covers a wide range of topics related to the philosophy of science.; 8vo; 332 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good. 1901. Hardcover. An edition in Good condition with rubbing, edgewear and general shelfwear to the volume, there is a cutout glued to the front pastedown and a previous owner's name inked on the half-title page; Anselm is an 8th century theologian and philosopher who is best known for his work on the ontological argument.; 8vo; 251 pages .

Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1994. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0253318513 . First English language edition/first printing (First published in 1994 by Indiana University Press) , Contursi A006d. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth in unread As New condition in alike dust-jacket; Collection of Eco essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have have not been translated into English before, in four parts edited by Robert Lumley, "Mass Culture: Apocalypse Postponed," "Mass Media and the Limits of Communication," "The Rise and Fall of Counter-Cultures, " and "In Search of Italian Genius"; 8vo; viii, 227, [3] pages .

New York: Arcade Publishing. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1559704977 . A stunning first American edition, first printing in unread As New condition in alike dust-jacket. Contursi Aa29b. Scarce; Published 4 years after the original Italian In cosa crede chi non crede? , a confrontation. Eco and Martini cover the philosophy of social values and religion; secular obsession with the new apocalypse, when does human life begin?; men and women according to the church; ethics without god; violence and intolerance. Translated by Minna Proctor; 8vo; [x], 102 pages .

London: Continuum. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0826452108 . A stunning first UK edition, first printing, published after the Italian and American edition in unread As New condition in alike dust-jacket. Not listed in Contursi. Scarce; Published 4 years after the original Italian In cosa crede chi non crede? , a confrontation. Eco and Martini cover the philosophy of social values and religion; secular obsession with the new apocalypse, when does human life begin?; men and women according to the church; ethics without god; violence and intolerance. Translated by Minna Proctor; 8vo; [x], 98, [4] pages .

La Salle, IL: Open Court. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. c1986. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0812690370 . A first edition/first printing in Fine condition in a lightly scuffed and soiled Very Good+ dust-jacket; Grayling's book is a concise and accessible account of the central arguments in the philosophy of Berkeley. He discusses the theory of perception, the nature of language, and the idea that objects exist only in our minds.; 8vo; 218 pages .

London And Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. Good. N.D.. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with some fraying of the spine and a minor amount of underlining throughout. A previous owner's signature is written in pencil on the front flyleaf; No. 807 of Everyman's Library, edited by Ernest Rhys. ; 18mo; vii-xviii, 324 pages; * cancelled sent to wrong address .

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. A second printing in Very Good condition with wear from life on a shelf in a Good+ dust-jacket that is soiled with some chips missing from the trim; A collection of essays representing a cross-section of current opinion in various fields of sudy of the brain-mind relation. Contributors are eminent in the fields of philosophy, neurology and related disciplines; 8vo; 272 pages .

New York: MacMillan Publishing Co. , Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0025446118 . A first Editin/first printing in Very Good condition with some aging and shelfwear, and a gift inscription dated Christmas of 1976 on the front flyleaf in an alike price-clipped dust-jacket that is soiled with a few tears around the edges; The Coming Breakpoint is Barry Goldwater's prescient warning to the American people of the coming dangers of the Soviet Union and its quest for world domination. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Cold War, politics, or history.; 8vo; 184 pages .

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition in alike dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price clipped and has publisher's price sticker on front flap; The Muirhead Library of Philosophy; 8vo; 411 pages .

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with general wear to the boards in a Fair dust-jacket showing scuffing, tearing and some missing chips. A book plate is attached on front paste down; Author lays the groundwork for a working philosophy of comparative law which is equally significant for all the other comparative disciplines; 8vo; 167 pages .

Cambridge, MA; London, England: Harvard University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0674058690 . An attractive first American edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED by author Umberto Eco directly on the title page. Rather scarce to find signed; Eco's views on semiotics as shared in a collection of four Richard Ellmann Lectures he gave at Harvard. This "young novelist" is a master who has wise things to impart about the art of fiction and the power of words ; 8vo; [viii], 231, [1] pages; Signed by Author .

Cambridge, MA; London, England: Harvard University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0674058690 . An attractive first American edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket; Eco's views on semiotics as shared in a collection of four Richard Ellmann Lectures he gave at Harvard. This "young novelist" is a master who has wise things to impart about the art of fiction and the power of words ; 8vo; [viii], 231, [1] pages .

Boston: The Beacon Press. Very Good. 1950. Second Printing. Hardcover. An edition in Very Good condition that has some light soiling and edgewear ; The words of earlier fighters for freedom of religion are given, not that they may be repeated by us, but that they may suggest to us new ways and words for defending freedom of religion; 8vo; 250 pages; TBC; FSA .

Ithaca And London: Cornell University Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0801419069 . Fine condition in a Very Good+, little edge worn dust-jacket with a few minor tears; Analyzes the relationship between metaphysics and epistemology in the thought of Rene Descartes; 8vo; 278 pages .

London/new York: J. M. Dent & Sons/E. P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good. 1912. Hardcover. Very Good condition with some edgewear and other wear mostly from age; Covers philosophers of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries; 8vo; 372 pages; TBC; FSA .