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Joplin, Missouri: College Press, 1857. Classic text, reprinted from the original 1857 version, contains the scholarly work by Campbell of the translation and revision of the New Testament in a common English text, and Bagster's Greek text. Includes corrections and complete notes by the author. 224 pp. Dustjacket has a few small closed tears on the edges, and a few scattered tiny discoloration spots; in mylar. Minimal shelfwear to text.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1991. Scholarly text addresses the "end-of-philosophy" debate and the challenge it presents to contemporary philosophy, both continental and analytic. It is a chain of argument as well as a conversation conducted in the presence of major contributors to that debate: the critics (especially Richard Rorty) of the dominantly Platonic-Cartesian-Kantian tradition on the one hand and its defenders on the other. The author's account draws on Wittgenstein, Quine, Davidson, Habermas, Foucault, among others. 278 pp. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Longmans, Green and Co., 1897. Classic text contains: The Physics, Practical Philosophy, Rhetoric, Theory of Fine Art, Religious Aspects, The Peripatetic School, The School of Theophrastus:Strato, The Peripatetic School After Strato Till Towards the End of the Second Century. 512 uncut pgs. Very faint foxing on endpapers and outer edge. Centerpiece embossment on front and rear covers. Gilt spine. Very minor rubbing on corners. . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/ . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Springer-Verlag, 2001. Highly-acclaimed text by one of the preeminant philosophers of science. Includes detailed sections containing 38 chronologically organized papers on reductionalism; the laws of nature; philosophy of physics; reconstruction, foundations of quantum mechanics; spacetime, invariance,covariance; philosophy of the physicists; etc. 627 pgs.. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: D.Appleton And Co., 1857. Classic rare historical text, revised and enlarged two volume set, contains seven new names added to the original list of philosophers- Abelard, Algazzali, Giordano, Bruno, Hartley, Darwin, Cabanis, and Gall. Topics include ancient philosophy: Plato, Socrates, Pythagoras, Aristotle, the Megaric School, Epicureans, the New Academy, Neo-Platonism, etc; modern philosophy: transition period, Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Hume, Darwin, Condillac, Idealism, Kant, Hegel, Phrenology, etc. 801 pgs. collectively. Prior owner's name on title pg. & pastedown nameplates on inside front covers. Vol.I top of spine chipped; average rubbing to edges and corners on both vols. Gilt spines slightly faded; mild foxing to some pages; some text pgs. stiff and creased. Tight binding. . Library Edition: Enlarged & Revised. Original Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. R. Buckminster Fuller is regarded as one of the most important figures of the 20th century, renowned for his achievements as an inventor, designer, architect, philosopher, mathematician, and dogged individualist. Perhaps best remembered for the Geodesic Dome and the term "Spaceship Earth," his work and his writings have had a profound impact on modern life and thought. Critical Path is Fuller's master work--the summing up of a lifetime's thought and concern--as urgent and relevant as it was upon its first publication in 1981.Text details how humanity found itself in its current situation—at the limits of the planet's natural resources and facing political, economic, environmental, and ethical crises. 471 pp. Illustrated. Kiyoshi Kuromiya, adjuvant. Minor tiny scuff to lower outer edge corner. Gilt spine. Dustjacket spine slightly sunned. Dustjacket in mylar. Signed, Dated and Inscribed by Buckminster Fuller on the title page. Scarce..… Read More

USA: Thomist Press, 1961. Comprehensive classic text presents views reflecting the importance and interrelationship of natural philosophy and the modern sciences. Contains detailed topics on scientific methodology; medicine and philosophy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; history of science; philosophy of science; sociological aspects; special problems of science; the rhythmic universe; evolution and entropy; etc. 526 pgs. Photo of Kane on opposing copyright page. Ink asterick mark on margin in table of contents; three lines of neat underlines and a margin bracket in the introduction, and a few isolated sections in pgs.335-340. No other text marks. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper; dustjacket clipping pastedown on rear endpaper. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library.

Manchester, U.K.: Brooke and Chrystal, 1884. Classic rare metaphysical text contains the following spiritual sermons: divine gentleness; individuality and self-negation; Nehushtan; strength by patience; the covetousness of Gehazi; the faithful creator; the tragedy of life; natural and supernatural selection; the use and abuse of the world; the father greater than the Christ; furnished, but vacant; the Lord our shepherd; chambers of imagery; man and nature; the holy quest. 284 pgs. Minor foxing and isolated scuff marks. Gilt embossed spine and front cover. Small dent to outer edge. Minimal rubbing and shelfwear.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .

London, U.K.: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874. Classic theological text, corrected and expanded edition, contains discourses on the Spirit of Life in Jesus Christ; the Communion of Saints; the Kingdom of God within Us; Silence and Meditation; Christian Self-Consciousness; the Shadow of Death; Immortality; Having,Doing and Being; the Great Year of Providence; Christ and the Little Child; the Realm of Order; the Seven Sleepers; etc. 508 pgs. Prior owner's nameplate on inside front cover; small spine label; stamps on endpapers and copyright pg. Leather corners rubbed and lowers worn. Gilt spine in tact. Marbeled paper covered boards. Text pgs. clean with very minimal foxing.. Fifth Edition. Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library.

Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1967. Classic text contains two previously published volumes, "Essays in Radical Empiricism", originally published in 1912, and "A Pluralistic Universe", originally published in 1909; both considered to be James' most important metaphysical work. 361 pgs. Minimal shelfwear.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge,MA.: Harvard University Press, 1949. Classic text presents a study based on a series of investigations into the genesis of a series of philosophical doctrines labeled "American Pragmatism". Topics include the background of science and natural theology; the evolutionism and pragmaticism of Pierce; social evolutionism: Fiske's philosophy of history; the pragmatic legal philosophy of Nicholas St. John Green; Darwinism in James's psychology and pragmatism; philosophical legacy in the founders of pragmatism; etc. 288 pgs. Top front corner slightly bumped. Gilt spine. Minor shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia, PA.: Temple University Press, 1978. Classic text presents critical alternatives to the ideas of logic of quantification, including the undesirable consequences of linking existence and quantification for both logic and metaphysics. 189 pgs. Some rubbing to corners and lower edges. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1984. CLassic scholarly text presents a detailed monograph on the problem of free will and moral responsibility. The author traces the development of beliefs about causality, responsibility and the nature of moral judgement from Aristotle to the present day; arguing that both libertarianism and determinism are metaphysical doctrines which can only be assessed in relation to other metaphysical beliefs, particularly those about causality and our concept of a person. 195 pgs. Dustjacket spine slightly sunned; in mylar. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1992. In this scholarly highly acclaimed text, Margaret Canovan argues that much of the published work on Arendt has been flawed by serious misunderstandings, arising from a failure to see her work in its proper context. The author shows how such misunderstanding was possible, and offers a fundamental reinterpretation, drawing on Arendt's unpublished as well as her published work, which sheds new light on most areas of her thought. 298 pgs. Tiny publisher's mark on the lower edge. Dustjacket in mylar. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Scholarly text explores the influence of Hannah Arendt's and Leo Strauss' background in pre-World War II Germany on their perception of American democracy. The contributors analyze how their émigré experience both influenced their American work and also impacted on the formation of the discipline of political science in postwar Germany. Arendt's and Strauss' experiences thus aptly illustrate the transfer and transformation of political ideas in the World War II era. 208 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975. Comprehensive study of the most influential Continental thinkers of the period: Hegel and Marx, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, Husserl and Heidegger. Contains a detailed section on the philosophical development from Kant to Hegel; discusses subsequent developments in Continental philosophy that have evolved including Existenz-philosophy, and philosophical anthropology. 297 pgs. Minor rubbing to edges. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1987. Classic scholarly text contains the new translation of the first volume of Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy- considered his greatest achievement. Includes material from lecture notes of Hegel's pupils in 1823-4, 1825-6, and 1827-8. This edition supersedes the original Haldane and Simson translation. 193 pgs. . First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1992. Scholarly text demonstrates the central unifying role the collective historical social consciousness plays in Hegel's thought. Hegel can be seen as a potentially moderating influence on his two quarrelsome offspring, Marxism and liberalism. Hegel emerges here as a thinker with relevance for our own time, with lessons for current communitarian critiques of liberalism, the revolutions in Eastern Europe, modern jurisprudence, and feminist theory. 216 pgs. Publisher's stamp on the front endpaper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, U.K.: Hutchinson & CO., Ltd., 1965. Scholarly text presents a detailed study in the political significance of philosophical theories.The thesis of this book is that the hard core of Hobbes's political theory is implied by his philosophical ideas, by his theories of knowledge, mind, and language. Includes new perspectives on the ideas of Bacon, Galileo, Machiavelli, Harvey, Descartes, and Leibnitz and their relation to Hobbes's ideas. 192 pgs. Dustjacket price-clipped on lower front endflap; in mylar. Small light scuff to front cover. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Amherst, MA.: University of Massachusetts Press, 1975. Classic study attempts to reveal the coherence of Ortega's philosophy of man, society and history through his basic principle of uniformity-the historical man. 175 pgs. Inscribed by the author on first front endpaper, and on a seperate letterhead enclosed with the book. Minor rubbing to dustjacket edges. Dustjacket in mylar. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.