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New York: Free Press, 2011. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Free Press Trade Paperback Edition, 2011, in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked blue and white wraps, slight corner wear. Tight and solid volume. Internals As New. Through original and transformative discussion of some of the greatest works of Western literature, from Homer's Odyssey to Melville's Moby Dick, Dreyfus and Kelly reveal how we have lost our passionate engagement with the things that gave our lives purpose, and show how, by reading our culture's classics anew, we can once again be drawn into intense involvement with the wonder and beauty of the world and the way we understand our culture, our history, our sacred practices, and ourselves. 254 pp. Notes, Index. 8vo. 2011, Free Press. ISBN 141659616X 9781416596165

U.S.A: Anchor Books/ Doubleday, 1961. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright and clean wrappers, slight crease to rear lower corner, and slight wear to spine head and heel. Soundly bound, square. Internals quite clean and completely unmarked. All the essays are complete except that of Locke--for which even he advised abridgment. Berkeley's essays include three dialogues between Hylas abd Philonous in Opposition to Skeptics and Atheists. Empiricism was born in 1690 with Locke's "Essay" and was the reigning school of thought until 1739 when Hume's "Treatise" strangled it. What started as common sense dualism in Locke dwindled into optimistic idealism in Berkeley, and then into the disintegrating skepticism of Hume. So you will read when you read and examine these essays. 517 pages. 8 x 5.2 inches. 1961, Anchor Books/ Doubleday, USA

New York: P.F.Collier & Son, 1959. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Fifty-Second Printing, 1959, of the 1909 Original Edition. Hardcover Book in NEAR FINE Condition. Bound in forest green leather with gilt shield, decoration and titles on the spine; blind-stamped shield and ruffled lines on front. No jacket, as issued. Registered edition with Introduction and Notes. Very clean, no marks, tight, square, solid sewn binding. Faint bump to two corners. Frontis: Illustration of a Room in Carlyle's House in Cheyne Row, London. Pages very clean and free from any markings, no creasing, faintly toned, fine condition. Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf of Books originally published in 1909 is a 50 volume anthology of classic works from world literature. This anthology originated from a challenge made by P. F. Collier to Dr. Eliot based on speeches he made stating that a good liberal education could be had by reading 15 minutes a day from a collection of… Read More

Chicago, Illinois, USA: Ivan R. Dee, 1997. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. A concise, expert account of Hegel's life and ideas and an explanation of their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. Also included are selections from Hegel's work; a brief list of suggested reading ; and chronologies that place Hegel within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hagel was a German philosopher, b. 1770 d. 1831. 87 pages with Index. 1997, Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, Illinois, USA

U.S.A. And the UK: Totem Books and Icon Books, 2001. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Graphic Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Graphic illustrations on every page to help understand the issues of moral philosophy. Bright and clean orange and yellow illustrated cover, sound and tight binding, internals as new. The authors explore the dilemmas facing the arguments of the great moral thinkers, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes and Kant, and also with post modern critics. 176 pages with index. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 2001, Totem Books and Icon Books, U.S.A. And the UK

London, England: Penguin Classics, 1978. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Selected and Translated and with an Introduction by R. J. Hollingdale. Bright, clean, unmarked wrappers, with details from portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche by Edvard Munch, 1906. Trace wear around edges. Glued binding tight, square. Internals completely unmarked, very clean, no creases. Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher and cultural critic of the late 19th Century who challenged the beliefs of his time, with vitriolic assaults on institutionalized Christianity and the morality of his day, He was the most revolutionary and subversive thinker in Western philosophy. This volume organizes Nietzsche's writings according to theme to give the fullest possible sense of the depth and scope of this extraordinary 19th century philosopher. 288 pages with Bibliography and Chronology. 7.8 x 5 inches. 1978, Penguin Classics, London, England

Belmont, CA, USA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 1999. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Bright and clean wrappers, glued binding solid and square, pages spotless. A look at Aristotle's (384-322 BC) world, the intellectual ancient culture of Greece, and his writings on Physics, Nature, Metaphysics, Psychology, Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics. His world had not yet developed compartmentalized areas of knowledge such as we have today. This volume of the Wadsworth Philosophers Series provides a brief insight into his ideas to help the reader to a better understanding of his original works. 100 pages with Bibliography. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 1999, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, Belmont, CA, USA

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1983. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Bright and clean wrappers, whisper of wear to corners, solid glued binding. Pages lightly toned, clean and free from any markings, no creases. A "Past Master" Series book, a series of concise, lucid, authoritative introductions to the thought of leading intellectual figures of the past, of whom Plato is an eminent example, whose ideas still influence the way we think today. PLATO (427 BC - 347 BC) 82 pages with Pages Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 1983, Oxford University Press, Oxford, England

Belmont, CA, USA: Wadsworth Pub Co, 1993. First Thus. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First Thus. A Fine copy of this Trade Paperback. Bright and clean wrappers, solid glued binding, square, internals spotless. The author's aim is to prepare you for the challenging intellectual experience of "thinking philosophically". He provides an overall framework of what philosophy is all about and addresses key aspects of the philosophical perspective--why is it important to philosophize, the difference between science and philosophy, why philosophy is not just a matter of opinion--and more. xiv + 174 pages with Glossary and Index. 1993, Wadsworth Pub Co, Belmont, CA, USA