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Book Beat 109

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148 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. Includes New York genealogy, regional histories, art, science and children’s but the new upload is dominated by serious philosophy books as we continue to upload the library acquired from a philosophy professor emeritus. Here’s a sampling. See all 148 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Follows a family of middle-class farmers settled in the Hackensack Valley throughout the eighteenth century.
A Dutch Family in the Middle Colonies, 1660-1800

Follows a family of middle-class farmers settled in the Hackensack Valley throughout the eighteenth century. Read More


$38.00

A variety of sources are surveyed to look at popular views on moral, political, and religious matters in fourth-century Greece.
Greek Popular Morality in the Time of Plato and Aristotle

A valuable resource to assist anyone who wants to understand Plato and Aristotle in their historical context. Read More


$15.00

Many historians of science consider Boyle to be the father of modern chemistry.
Correspondence of Robert Boyle, The (Six volumes, complete set)

Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was one of the most influential scientific and theological thinkers of his time. Many consider him the father of modern chemistry. Read More


$450.00

Jacob Boehme's famous work on the symbolism of the biblical Genesis, the first book of Moses.
Mysterium Magnum

Jacob Boehme’s famous work on the symbolism of the biblical Genesis, the first book of Moses. Read More


$150.00

A valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of literary criticism.
Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing, A (1729)

Valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of literary criticism, and provides insights into the use of language and rhetoric in the eighteenth century. Read More


$30.00

Hegel was a German philosopher and one of the most influential figures of German idealism and 19th-century philosophy.
Hegel’s Development: Night Thoughts

Hegel’s Development: Night Thoughts (Jena 1801-1806) Read More


$100.00

Lucy Hutchinson first person to translate the complete text of Lucretius's De rerum natura into English verse.
Lucy Hutchinson’s Translation of Lucretius: De rerem natura

Hutchinson was an English translator, poet, and biographer, and the first person to translate the complete text of Lucretius’s De rerum natura into English verse, during the years of the Interregnum. Read More


$50.00

A systematic summary of Neoplatonic metaphysics and serves asan introduction to late Greek thought on the subject.
Proclus: The Elements of Theology (A Revised Text)

A systematic summary of Neoplatonic metaphysics and serves asan introduction to late Greek thought on the subject. Read More


$40.00

History of the town of Chattanooga Tennessee from it's beginnings to 1987.
Chattanooga’s Story

History of the town of Chattanooga Tennessee from it’s beginnings to 1987. A priceless reference book for historians and Chattanooga, Tennessee residents. Read More


$60.00

Satirical novel set in America, about Chance, a simple gardener who unwittingly becomes a much sought-after political pundit.
Being There

Satirical novel set in America, about Chance, a simple gardener who unwittingly becomes a much sought-after political pundit. Read More


$35.00

Until 1934, Newberry did portrait work almost exclusively; thereafter she produced books and portfolios about cats, for children.
Cats & Kittens: A Portfolio of Drawings

Newberry had hoped to become a portrait painter, but she abandoned this in 1934 for cat illustration. Read More


$120.00

Comprehensive guide describes every species and sub-species except for the Hawaiian Goose or Ne-Ne.
Wild Geese

Wild Geese covers the geese of North America, Europe and Asia, and thus the world species except for the Hawaiian Goose or Ne-Ne. Read More


$15.00

Landscape painting exaimined through naturalistic solutions to problems of metaphysics.
Ideal Landscape

Examines the evolution of landscape painting in relationship to naturalistic solutions to problems of metaphysics. Read More


$35.00

This book presents a systematic new conception of knowledge as a kind of mental stage sensitive to the knower's environment.
Knowledge and Its Limits

The book develops a concept of knowledge whereby justification is on the basis of knowledge which depends on evidence. Read More


$12.00

See how the theme of nature was developed in Klee's work.
Klee and Nature by Verdi

Analyzes drawings and paintings by Klee, and discusses his interest in nature and its effect on his art. Read More


$22.00

Edwards understood nature as ontologically dependent upon God and created for the purpose of expressing and communicating God’s attributes to humanity.
Jonathan Edwards’s Philosophy of Nature

Enlightening study explores Jonathan Edwards’s understanding of nature and his metaphysical world view. Read More


$70.00

Monumental study, the product of twenty years of research, focuses on the life and work of Marcello Malpighi.
Marcello Malpighi And The Evolution Of Embryology

Marcello Malpighi is recognized as the “Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology & Father of physiology and embryology”. Read More


$350.00

This volume contains Hegel's philosophical interpretation of the history of religions.
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion

These lectures represent the final, and in some ways the decisive, element of Hegel’s entire philosophical system. Read More


$40.00