History of Philosophy
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Global Political Philosophy
by Pojman, Louis P
McGraw-Hill , 2002 8vo (23 cm), XXI, 235, 14 pp. Laminated wrappers. "This up-to-date text treats political philosophy and issues (including the terrorist attacks of September 11) from a global perspective, considering the virtues of both nationalism and cosmopolitanism. As part of his aim of describing a comprehensive global political philosophy, Pojman devotes considerable attention to a defense of ethical objectivism over its ubiquitous rival, ethical relativism." (from the blurb)
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£8.97
Chance and Necessity: An Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology
by Jacques Monod
Vintage Books, 1972-09-11. paperback. Good. 7x4x0. Vintage. 1972. Unmarked, text appears free of highlighting, underlining and writing. Softcover, cover has corner crease, chip along bottom edge, some rubbing, edge, corner and shelf wear. Pages show age tanning. Binding is solid, tight, cover lies flat. A book that is currently OOP / NP (Out-Of-Print edition / No Longer in Print), uncommon, a first edition, collectable or hard to find. Ships quickly and with care.
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£46.92
The Living Thoughts of Schopenhauer
by Thomas Mann
London: Cassell and Company. The Living Thoughts Library. 2nd printing (November 1942). 137pp. VG book, decorative British Red Cross Society and Order of St John Hospital Library bookplate on front pastedown, in GOOD+ jacket, edge worn and rubbed, a couple of small closed tears, rear cover a little grubby, now preserved in archival jacket protector . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1942.
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£10.00
Aristotle.
by ARISTOTELES.- MURE,G.R.G
Ldn., Benn, 1932. VII,282 p. Cloth. (Many scholarly pencil & ink annotations, also many underlinings. Spine and back cover a bit wrinkled by moist)
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£12.20
Storia dell'Accademia Platonica di Firenze.
by Della Torre, Arnaldo
Tipografia G. Carnesecchi e Figli, Firenze, 1902; Ristampa anastatica, a tiratura limitata, 1968, Bottega d'Erasmo, Torino. At head of title: Pubblicazioni del R. Istituto di Studi Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento in Firenze. Sezione di Filosofia e Filologia. On the origins, formation and establishment of the Florentine Accademia Platonica. Contents include: I. Il primato accademico dell'Italia e i primi convegni in Firenze; II. L'"Achademia Florentina"; III. Introduzione del Platonismo in...
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Philosophy and Connectionist Theory
by Ramsey, William; Stich, Stephen P.; Rumelhart, David E
Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc, 1991 8vo (23 cm), XIII, 320 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). "The philosophy of cognitive science has recently become one of the most exciting and fastest growing domains of philosophical inquiry and analysis. Until the early 1980s, nearly all of the models developed treated cognitive processes -- like problem solving, language comprehension, memory, and higher visual processing -- as rule-governed symbol manipulation. However, this situation has changed...
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£39.88
Rainbow Body
by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Shang Shung Publications, 2010. Fine. Very minor shelf wear to cover. Otherwise appears unopened / unread and "as new." Overall a clean, solid copy with no ownership marks of any kind. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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£32.66
The Communist Postscript
by Boris Groys; Thomas H. Ford (trans.)
London: Verso. 1st printing (2009). 127pp. Pictorial laminated boards. NEAR FINE copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2009.
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£10.00
The Sartre Dictionary
by Gary Cox
London: Continuum. 1st printing (2008). 232pp. NEAR FINE copy . Near Fine. Soft cover. 2008.
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£15.00
Neuwe Biblische Figuren
by Amman, Jost. 1539-1591 & Johann Melchior Bocksberger
Frankfurt 1565 Georg Rabe, Sigmund Feyerabend and Weygand Hanen Heirs. later edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second edition, appearing only a year after the first. Oblong 4to (160 x 201mm.) Title in red and black, 5pp. text including 3pp. preface by Feyerabend, 132 woodcut illustrations by Amman after Johann Melchior Bocksperger extra illustrated with an additional plate from a later printing inserted at C2 (i.e. all 130 illustrations from this edition are present as called for) Paper repair...
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£1,750.00
Football 1/60 with broadside
by Hughes, Ted
Prospero Poets, Alton, 1995. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First edition thus. No. 60 of 60 deluxe copies with a signed broadside and the complete poem (from a total edition of 499). Fine in the slipcase. Beautifully illustrated and printed book signed by author and artist - as is the broadside. Signed by Author
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£300.00
Philosophical Investigations/Philosophische Untersuchugen
by Wittgenstein
1958. Macmillan, New York. Second Edition. 232pp. Book is in good condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. No DJ. Orangish-Brown boards with some rubbing/bumping on corners/edges due to shelfwear. Clean text. Good binding. In this second edition the text has been revised with a few alterations on the German side 'confined to spelling or punctuation'. 'A large number of small changes made in the English text.' Several passages have been significantly altered (listed in the notes).There are signs of visible wear which...
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£55.68
Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice
by Hanh, Thich Nhat
Doubleday / an Image Book, 1995. Pages [198] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. No remainder marks. Covers clean, colors bright, no reading creases at spine, minimal display indications. Bu author of Peace is Every Step et al. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Trade Paperback. As New. Illus....
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£4.90
The Modern Prince and Other Writings
by Antonio Gramsci
New York: International Publishers. 5th printing (1972). 192pp. VG clean copy . Very Good. Soft cover. 1972.
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£10.00
Hegel. Bibliography: Background material on the reception of Hegel within the context of the history of philosophy = Bibliographie: Materialien zur Geschichte der internationalen Hegel-Rezeption und zur Philosophie-Geschichte
by Steinhauser, Kurt
K. G. Saur, 1980 8vo (24 cm), XVI, 894 pp. Publisher's printed cloth. 12032 items followed by 250 pp of indexes. "The following bibliography is to be understood as a bibliographic study and contribution to the historical reception of Hegel and to the history of philosophy of German idealism... The main section is divided into two groups: a bibliography of Hegel's works and a bibliography of the writing on Hegel's works, including philosophy of German Idealism. Among these are classified...
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£47.86
Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture
by Rudolf Steiner
Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Assoc. Inc., 1993. Near Fine. Title page has three pencil erasures in the upper right corner. Text block is bright, crisp, and clean with no other ownership marks. Cover shows minor handling and lower corner is a bit bumped. Overall, a clean, solid copy with minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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£24.49
The Modern Social Conflict: An Essay on the Politics of Liberty
by Dahrendorf, Ralf
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988 8o (21.5 cm), XVIII, 219 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. From the blurb: "The Modern Social Conflict offers a concise, authoritative, and accessible account of where the Western democracies stand today, how they got there, and where they must go if they are to retain their political and social freedom. Part history, part social analysis, part deeply committed prescription, this "essay on the Politics of Liberty" is a timely and important contribution to our...
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The Romantic Past
by Nevill, Ralph
New York: Brentano's, 1912. First US ed. Hardcover. Very good(+). ix, 352 pages color frontispiece, plates, portraits 23 cm. Love in European History; Amour. History of Ideas. . . ¶ "Ralph Nevill (1865-1930) was a British author known for his works on social history and the customs of the English upper classes. He was born into the British aristocracy, which gave him unique insights into the world he wrote about. Nevill's books often focused on the lifestyles, habits, and customs of the British...
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£40.82
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
by Audi, Robert
Cambridge University Press, 1995 4to (25.5 cm), XXX, 882 pp. Laminated wrappers. From the blurb: "This is the most authoritative and comprehensive one-volume dictionary of philosophy available in English. It contains over 4,000 entries, which range in length from 100 to 4,000 words. The Dictionary has been written by an international team of over 350 experts, so, rather than offering the limited perspective of a single writer, it distils the collective knowledge of the professional community of...
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Who Shall Survive? A new approach to the problem of human interrelations
by Moreno, Jacob Levy
Washington, DC: Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Co, 1934. First edition. Original black cloth, blocked in green; xvi, 437 pp., one ad leaf. 3 inch crack in rear endpaper, but a very good copy. Illustrations in black, red, blue, and green. There is an inscription on the front endpaper indicating its use by the War Office Selection Board in 1942. The Board was a scheme by British Army psychiatrists to discover and develop officer candidates, and Moreno's sociometrics were influential in Eric Trist...
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£693.94
![Civilization in Transition [Vol. 10 of the Collected Works, including Flying Saucers, The Undiscovered Self, and Love Problems of a Student]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/261/954/1342954261.0.b.2.jpg)
Civilization in Transition [Vol. 10 of the Collected Works, including Flying Saucers, The Undiscovered Self, and Love Problems of a Student]
by Jung, C. G
New York: Pantheon books / Bollingen Series XX, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xii, 618 pages. A collection of essays, including "Fying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky" (pp. 307-436); a previously unpublished manuscript from 1922, "The Love Problems of a Student"; and "The Undiscovered Self (Present and Future)" First edition (first printing, with no later printings noted). Light shelf wear to black covers, with a few short nicks to the edges of the jacket, and a...
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£122.46
An Intimate History of Humanity
by Zeldin, Theodore
HarperCollins, 1995. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Covers clean, colors bright, spine and extremities with minor wear. "This book throws a searchlight on human relationships both past and present - a fascinating exploration of the hidden areas of history" [Penelope Lively]. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have...
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£5.71
The Atlas of Experience
by Louise van Swaaij; Jean Klare; David Winner (trans.)
London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 1st printing (2000). 96pp. Near Fine/Near Fine copy, original atlas laid in, now preserved in archival jacket protector . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2000.
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£10.00
The Experimental Philosophy in Early America
by John Carter Brown Library Associates
Providence, RI, JCB, 1977. Soft Cover. 22 p.; 28 cm. Typescript on one side only, stapled. Catalog of an exhibition prepared by students in a graduate seminar with A. Hunter Dupree. "To understand American civilization fully, we must take account of the role played by science and technology. ...we have used the two categories which embraced the whole universe of science for the British colonists and their European contemporaries: natural history and natural philosophy." The section on Science...
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