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Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Duke Univ Pr, 1989. 261pp. An examination of the political theories relating to community work, discussing their substantive content versus actual accomplishment, basic and elaborated principles and ideas, individualism versus collectivism, the perpetuation of self-images across time, the celebration of diversity within these contexts, much more. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1892. Sample contents: Man's Place in Nature as affected by the Copernican Theory; As affected by Darwinism; The Origin of Infancy; Lenthening of Infancy and Concomitant Increase of Brain-Surface; Change in the Direction of the Working of Natural Selection; Universal Warfare of Primeval Men; End of the Working of Natural Selection upon Man, Throwing off the Brute-Inheritance; The Message of Christianity. 121 pp. Previous owner bookplate inside front cover. Separating inside front cover.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Frankfort, Germany: Vittorio Klostermann, 1989. 475pp. Some light underlining last from 150pp. Text in German. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1985. 208pp/illus. Humanism is universally recognized as one of the most basic concepts in the development of Western civilization. This book addresses the question: is there in fact a humanist tradition? Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. An approach to reality, based upon the significance of data drawn from the fields of natural science, psychical research and mystical experience. 424 pages Clean. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1937. 347 pages. Includes 49 full page single sided Illustrations. Map end papers. Blue cloth boards with silver box with black lettering on spine. DJ has light age/chipping. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. Book contains 484 pages. Previous owner name penned in front endpaper. DJ is heavily chipped along the edge. Pages clean and binding tight. This refreshing treatment of mathematics answers teh question: What contributions has mathematics made to Western life and thought aside from techniques that serve the engineer? By presenting a remarkably fine account of the influences mathematics has exerted o the development of philosophy, the physical and social sciences, religion, literature, and the arts, the book amply supports the contention that mathematics is a prime molder and major constituent of our culture.. Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vienna, Austria: Kremayr & Scheriau, 1968. 430pp/illus. German text. DJ has light chipping. Text clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, England: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2003. 552pp. Devoted to the philosophical traditions that arose in the Middle Ages, encompassing Arab, Jewish and Latin thinkers. Chapters: 1. Boethius: from antiquity to the Middle Ages 2. From the beginnings to Avicenna 3. Averroes 4. Jewish philosophy 5. Philosophy and its background in the early medieval West 6. John Scottus Eriugena and Anselm of Canterbury 7. The twelfth century 8. The intellectual context of later medieval philosophy: universities, Aristotle, arts, theology 9. Metaphysics and science in the thirteenth century: William of Auvergne, Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon 10. Bonaventure, the German Dominicans and the new translations 11. Thomas Aquinas 12. The Paris arts faculty: Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Facia, Radulphus Brito 13. Henry of Ghent and Duns Scotus 14. Ockham's World and future 15. Walter Burley, Peter Aureoli and Gregory of Rimini 16. Paris and Oxford between Aureoli and Rimini 17. Late medieval logic 18. Late… Read More

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins, 1968. HB 8vo, xviii, 377pp. Footnotes. Abbreviations. Five appendices. Index. Blue cloth with black lettering and decoration on spine. End-papers lightly stained.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, 1986. 236 pages. Offers a radical reassessment of Dewey's conception of philosophy and his reconstruction of pragmatism. Light pencil underlining first few pages otherwise very good.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good(-)/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Philadelphia, PA: E.H. Butler & Co, 1868. 460pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Notes, appendix. Previous owner name on ffep. Corners worn. Text clean.. 10th Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Cornell Univ Pr, 1988. 285pp. Drawing on three major eitghteenth-century English novelists, Carol Kay explores the connections between institutional politics, political philosophy, and fiction. Small piece cut from top of ffep. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Temple Univ Pr, 1990. 272pp. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Book One: Outline of a History of the Conceptions of Life and Moral Philosophy; Book Two: Fundamental Concepts and Questions of Principle; Book Three: The Doctrine of Virtues and Duties; each book contains several delineative chapters; 723 pp Pencil notation inside front cover. Shelf worn/corners bumped.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oeniponte: Libraria Academica Wagneriana, 1908. 3 Volume set. Vol I: Theologia Generalis. Complectens Tractatus Quatuor. Vol II: Theologiae Specialis. Pars altera complectens Tractatus Tres. De deo uno et trino, de deo creatore et de verbo incarnato. Vol III: Theologiae Specialis. Pars altera complectens Tractatus Tres. De Gratia, de sacramentis et de deo omnium consummatore. Approx 700pp/each. Some notations. Corners bumped.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Japan: Institute of Moralogy, 2002. Three volumes plus index in slipcase, Vol 1: 451pp/illus, Vol II: 516pp, Vol III: 569pp/illus, Vol IV: 152pp. Beautiful red silk shantung clothboards with gold printing on spine; bound-in ribbon markers; corners sharp; no signs of use. unmarked, unused, on extremely white paper stock. No dust jackets. Black slipcase, gold printing on spine. An absolutely beautiful set. This set of is the first complete English translation of Dotokukagaku no Rombun (literally, A Treatise on Moral Science) written by Chikuro Hiroike, LL.D. (1877-1938), published in Japan in 1928. His purpose was to establish a new comprehensiv science of man in the pursuit of both world peace and the happiness of mankind, and at the same time to promote what he termed supreme morality, which he discovered and restored to its proper place within the new science of moralogy - in order to establish a set of practical moral principles. Clean. Silk. Near Fine/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Leoesas, 1988. 2221pp/illus/maps. 111 full-page color/b&w illustrations of Spanish 19th Century clothing and costumes by region. Beautifully illustrated - several fold-out illus. Spanish text. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1981. 272pp/illus. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.: University of Hawaii Press, 1962. 293 pp. Stated First Edition. Bound in black cloth with gilt-stamping to the front board and the spine. A very nice copy compiling essays on Zen thinking and its place in the American episteme. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.