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Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. reprinted with an Introduction by J.M. Keynes and P. Sraffa. Red hardcover with title in Gilt on spine. 32pp very clean and tight. First printed in 1938 and very scarce.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2008. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. notes, bibliography and index. important new work in contemporary French philosophy.

Paris: Imprimerie Abece, 1963. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This work is in French. Pages uncut (unopenned) 455pp Internally very clean and bright. Quarto measuring 25X17mm. inscribed by author.

Sterling, VA: Pluto Press, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Cancer Stage of Capitalism is a modern classic of critical philosophy and political economy, renowned for its depth and comprehensive research. It provides a step by step diagnosis of the continuing economic collapse in the US and Europe and has had an enormous influence on new visions of economic alternatives..

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1876. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan tooled and embossed with gilt. moderately rubbed. Covers, hinges and text block tight w/o any defects. 386pp including index. The book addresses a myrid assortment of ethical and moral questions of the period. Interior text clean and bright. Title in Gold Gilt on spine.

Wheaton, Il: Theosophical Publishing House, 1967. Book. As New. Paperback. 2nd. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. As New Condition, great clean copy, Commentaries on Living Second Series From the Notebooks of J. Krishnamurti Edited by D. Rajagopal, 287pp Commentaries on Living records Krishnamurti's meetings with individual seekers of truth from all walks of life. Here, he comments on the struggles and issues common to those who strive to break the boundaries of personality and self-limitation. Volume 2 of this three-volume series presents over fifty enlightening essays--Krishnamurti's views on dozens of topics such as: Meditation Love, and Effort..

Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press Book. Hardcover. New edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprinted from the De Luxe artists' editions of the Peter Pauper Press. 228pp plus a glossary.of archaic words and phrases. Decorative boards with a matching dust jacket. The dj has a chip at top of spine. Now in a protective mylar cover..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300 pp., text is a collection of essays exploring moral and ethical questions and their applications in culture and politics. In these essays, John Skorupski develops a distinctive and systematic moral philosophy. He examines the central ethical concepts of reasons, the good, and morality, and applies the results to issues of culture and politics. Ethical Explorations firmly connects liberal politics to its ethical ideal, and links that ideal to modern morality and modern ideas of the good..

Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine hardcover in a near fine dust jacket. 247pp including notes, bibliography and index. Galileo was a path-breaker for the newly invented telescope, the decoder of nature's mathematical language, and a brilliant popularizer of science. Beginning with Galileo's early life through his "rehabilitation" by the church, the author shows the great scientist's zest for living, gregariousness, and creativity, without glossing over his impulsiveness, vulnerability, or, at times, unfairness. Illustrated in black and white.

Spring Valley, New York: Mercury Press, 1985. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alan Howard, John Davy,and Hope Jensen Leichter. Light blue sunned stapled soft cover. 50pp plus the covers. reprinted wuth permission from Teachers College Record. Volume 81, Number 3. Spring 1980..

USA: BookSurge Publishing, 2006. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An Introduction to Awareness, paperback/soft cover, 196pp, Very Good condition, Including index and glossary, About Book: Can Reason entertain a Reality different than that of the Material world that pervades our thought today? Are we wrong about the form of the world and the life that we are experiencing? Starting from the one incontrovertible truth - that we are present - the author develops a view of reality that encompasses all of human experience and in the process shows how what we call physical reality and what we call spiritual reality are not two things as they are seen today - that there is only one Reality and it is nondual Awareness. This book puts the question of what reality is to the ultimate test by removing every one of our unfounded assumptions about it..

Irvington-on-Hudson, NY, U.S.A.: Foundation for Economic Education, Incorporated, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 201 pp. near fine.

Lakemont, GA, U.S.A.: CSA Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. the philosophy of krya yoga. essential teachings, lifestyle routines, and spiritual practices. with comprehensive commentary on Patanjali's yoga sutras by a direct, personal disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda..

New York: Oxford, 1968. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good softcover. 238pp plus an addition 2 pages of an Index. H. A. Prichard was one of the most powerful, original, and influential thinkers of our time on ethical subjects. He published little but wrote, including a long essay on Moral Obligation. This essayforms the central feature of the present volume; and with it are included three articles which a attracted much attention when first published, a course of lectures on Green's Principles of Political Obligation, several papers on ethical problems, and Duty and Interest,.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy. Volume 22. Large 8vo measuring 9-1/2 by 6 inches. 328pp including index. Contains Two parts, Part 1 Contempory Issues and Part two Historical Studies..

New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 812 pp including bibliography and index. Large and heavy book.The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy is the definitive guide to the major themes of the continental European tradition in philosophy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Brian Leiter and Michael Rosen have assembled a stellar group of contributors who provide a thematic treatment of continental philosophy, treating its subject matter philosophically and not simply as a series of museum pieces from the history of ideas. The scope of the volume is broad, with discussions covering a wide range of philosophical movements including German Idealism, existentialism, phenomenology, Marxism, postmodernism, and critical theory, as well as thinkers like Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, and Foucault. This Handbook will be an essential reference point for graduate students and professional academics working on… Read More

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Open Court Pub Co, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edited by Abner Shimony. New soft cover. 8vo measuring 9 by 6 inches. 538 including index. "Martin Eger's work is the most insightfful exploration of the social context of the natural science since C.P. Snow's The Two Cultures.." This collection of essays deals with controversial and topical issues in philosophy of science, education, and morality. Also included are exchanges between Eger and leading philosophers, including a dialogue with Abner Shimony, who edits this volume and contributes an account of Egers life, work, and importance. A professional physicist, Eger found that hermeneutic philosophy, associated with Heidegger, Gadamer, and Habermas, had developed techniques for unpacking meanings and for analyzing human claims to knowledge that strikingly parallels the theses of post-empiricist philosophers of physics such as Thomas Kuhn.

Indianapolis: Macmillan Pub Co, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 6th. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good softcover. 117pp including conclusion. This is an English translation of Plato's dialogue concerning speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings. An extensive introduction provides careful insights to the reading of the work, the nature of Platonic dialogue and the cultural background of the Timaeus. Appendices on music, astronomy and geometry further provide guidance to the central thoughts of the dialogue. The glossary provides cross references and discussion for key words in the dialogue, functioning as springboards into the various concepts and ideas that are central to this and other Platonic dialogues and are useful starting points for any classroom discussion or personal thought..

Singapore: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This anthology takes the ever-controversial discussion of pornography out of solely academic circles; it expands the questions about porn that academics might tackle and opens the conversation to those who know it best: the creators and users of porn..

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 199pp including index. price clipped. fore-edge dusty dj lighty soiled..