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Limits of Political Theory, The: Oakeshott's Philosophy of Civil Association by: McIntyre, Kenneth B.

Limits of Political Theory, The: Oakeshott's Philosophy of Civil Association
by: McIntyre, Kenneth B.

Hardcover. UK, Imprint Academic, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. This book examines Oakeshott's political philosophy within the context of his more general conception of philosophical understanding. The book stresses the underlying continuity of his major writings on the subject and takes seriously the implications of understanding the world in terms of modality. The book suggests strongly that Oakeshott's philosophy of political activity cannot be reduced to a branch of conservatism, liberalism, or postmodernism or a theory or set of doctrines which fit neatly into any conventional school, like that of Idealism or Skepticism. Rather, Oakeshott's philosophy of political activity is a provocation to all of the currently dominant schools of political theory and political practice. It questions their presuppositions and exposes as ambiguous, arbitrary, or confused all of the supposed certainties which they take for granted. It does all this by offering profound insights into the character and limits of both political activity and political theory in the modern world.

Record # 463321

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THE JOURNALS OF THOMAS MERTON: SEVEN VOLUMES 1939-1968by: Merton/Patrick Hart (Ed.), Thomas

THE JOURNALS OF THOMAS MERTON: SEVEN VOLUMES 1939-1968
by: Merton/Patrick Hart (Ed.), Thomas

Hardcover. San Francisco, HarperSanFrancisco , 1st thus, 1995-97, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Seven hardcover volumes, all in bright, unclipped dust jackets.Vol. 3 with a remainder line on bottom edge otherwise all clean copies with no markings. Titles: Run To The Mountain; Entering The Silence; A Search For Solitude; Turning Toward The World; Dancing In The Water Of Life; Learning To Love; The Other Side Of The Mountain.

Record # 371677

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On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason On Vision and Colours On Will in Natureby: Schopenhauer, Arthur

On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason On Vision and Colours On Will in Nature
by: Schopenhauer, Arthur

Softcover. Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 1st Paperback Edition, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 487 pages. Softcover. B/w diagrams throughout. Pages clean adn bright. Binding good. Wrapper excellent, glossy. In beautiful condition. "In On the Fourfold Root Schopenhauer takes the principle of sufficient reason, which states that nothing is without a reason why it is, and shows how it covers different forms of explanation or ground that previous philosophers have tended to confuse."

Record # 99056

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Oeuvres Diverses De M Pierre Bayle Tome 3 (1-2)  Ed. 1737 by: Bayle, M. Pierre

Oeuvres Diverses De M Pierre Bayle Tome 3 (1-2) Ed. 1737
by: Bayle, M. Pierre

Softcover. Paris, Hachette Livre, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 1084 pages, text in FRENCH. Clean, fresh copy. M. Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher, author, and lexicographer. Voltaire, in the prelude to his Poeme sur le desastre de Lisbonne, calls Bayle "le plus grand dialecticien qui ait jamais ecrit": the greatest dialectician to have ever written.

Record # 383966

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Christ and Horrors: The Coherence of Christology by: Adams, Marilyn McCord

Christ and Horrors: The Coherence of Christology
by: Adams, Marilyn McCord

Softcover. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 331 pages including index. Who would the Saviour have to be, what would the Saviour have to do to rescue human beings from the meaning-destroying experiences of their lives? This book offers a systematic Christology that is at once biblical and philosophical. Starting with human radical vulnerability to horrors such as permanent pain, sadistic abuse or genocide, it develops what must be true about Christ if He is the horror-defeater who ultimately resolves all the problems affecting the human condition and Divine-human relations. Distinctive elements of Marilyn McCord Adams' study are her defence of the two-natures theory, of Christ as Inner Teacher and a functional partner in human flourishing, and her arguments in favour of literal bodily resurrection (Christ's and ours) and of a strong doctrine of corporeal Eucharistic presence. The book concludes that Christ is the One in Whom, not only Christian doctrine, but cosmos, church, and the human psyche hold together.

Record # 384017

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Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta Volume 3: Chrysippi fragmenta moralia. Fragmenta Successorum Chrysippi Sammlung Wissenschaftlicher Commentare Swcby: von Arnim, Hans (Ed.)

Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta Volume 3: Chrysippi fragmenta moralia. Fragmenta Successorum Chrysippi Sammlung Wissenschaftlicher Commentare Swc
by: von Arnim, Hans (Ed.)

Hardcover. Munchen/Leipzig, K.G. Saur, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with light gray stamping, 269 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 384025

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The Correspondence of John Locke: Volume 7: Letters 2665-3286 Covering the Years 1686-1689 (Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke)by: Locke, John Beer/ E. S. d

The Correspondence of John Locke: Volume 7: Letters 2665-3286 Covering the Years 1686-1689 (Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke)
by: Locke, John Beer/ E. S. d

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. A large part of the correspondence of John Locke is extant. The letters range in date from 1652 to 1704. They constitute the principle authority for Locke's biography, more especially in so far as they show his environment - material, intellectual, and spiritual. They bring together the ordinary course of his life and many of the great issues of his time. Locke had many interests, including medicine, education, discovery and expansion overseas, the foundations of government, and more especially religion, and the conciliation of Christian revelation with the contemporary advances in scientific knowledge and thought. The Enlightenment is coming into being; here its emergence can be watched through the eyes of its great progenitor. This is Volume 7 only of an 8 volume set. 798 pages. Two ink stamps on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 384163

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The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy, Volume 2by: Garber, Daniel/ Ayers, Michael

The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy, Volume 2
by: Garber, Daniel/ Ayers, Michael

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with mild fading to spine, 953-1616 pages. Volume 2 only of a 2-volume set. The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy offers a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative overview of early-modern philosophy written by an international team of specialists. As with previous Cambridge Histories of Philosophy the subject is treated by topic and theme, and since history does not come packaged in neat bundles, the subject is also treated with great temporal flexibility, incorporating frequent reference to medieval and Renaissance ideas. The basic structure corresponds to the way an educated seventeenth-century European might have organized the domain of philosophy. Thus, the history of science, religious doctrine, and politics feature very prominently. Light pencil marking to about a dozen pages. Otherwise clean.

Record # 384222

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John Locke and Natural Philosophyby: Anstey, Peter R.

John Locke and Natural Philosophy
by: Anstey, Peter R.

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 252 pages. Peter Anstey presents an innovative study of John Locke's views on the method and content of natural philosophy--the study of the natural world. He argues that Locke was an advocate of the Experimental Philosophy: the new approach to natural philosophy championed by the scientists of the Royal Society who were opposed to speculative philosophy. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 384333

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Objects of Thoughtby: Prior, Arthur N./P. T. Geach/A. J. P. Kenny (Editors)

Objects of Thought
by: Prior, Arthur N./P. T. Geach/A. J. P. Kenny (Editors)

Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 175 pages. Hardcover. Light pencil marking throughout. Price clipped dust jacket with fading to spine and wear. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 614013

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Sidney: Court Maxims Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thoughtby: Sidney

Sidney: Court Maxims Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
by: Sidney

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 216 pages. This remarkable expression of republican thought has never before been published. Algernon Sidney was among the most unrelenting republican partisans of the seventeenth century, and was executed for his opposition to Charles II. Written during Sidney's continental exile, the vivid Court Maxims was only recently rediscovered. The work presents a lively discussion about the principles of government and the practice of politics, articulating a vital tradition of republicanism in an absolutist age.

Record # 386119

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The Folger Library Edition of the Works of Richard Hooker - Volume Six, Part Two: Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Books V- VIII by: Richard Hooker/ P.G. Stanwoo

The Folger Library Edition of the Works of Richard Hooker - Volume Six, Part Two: Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Books V- VIII
by: Richard Hooker/ P.G. Stanwoo

Hardcover. Binghamton NY, Medieval & Rennaissance Texts & Studies, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering and design to spine and front cover. pages 653-1247. Identical binding to the Harvard University Press set. Errata slip taped to front fly leaf, otherwise clean, bright copy.

Record # 386146

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Joachim of Fiore and the Prophetic Futureby: Reeves, Marjorie

Joachim of Fiore and the Prophetic Future
by: Reeves, Marjorie

Softcover. UK, Sutton, Revised Ed., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 216 pages. Joachim of Fiore has been described as the most singular and fascinating figure of mediaeval Christendom. This title explores his unique understanding of history and looks at the powerful influence of his ideas.

Record # 386181

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The Philosophy of Plotinus: Volume IIby: William Ralph Inge

The Philosophy of Plotinus: Volume II
by: William Ralph Inge

Hardcover. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 3rd Ed., 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 254 pages. Spine faded, foxing/spotting to edge of text block. Volume 2 only. Clean interbally.

Record # 386284

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The Conway Letters: The Correspondence of Anne, Viscountess Conway, Henry More, and Their Friends, 1642-1684 by: Nicolson, Marjorie Hope/Hutton, Sarah

The Conway Letters: The Correspondence of Anne, Viscountess Conway, Henry More, and Their Friends, 1642-1684
by: Nicolson, Marjorie Hope/Hutton, Sarah

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, Revised Ed., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 592 pages, b&w illustrations. Lady Anne Conway was a remarkable woman who became a philosopher in her own right at a time when most women were denied even basic education. The Conway Letters is the record of her friendship with the Cambridge Platonist, Henry More, which began when he acted as her unofficial tutor in philosophy and lasted until her death. The letters cover a wide range of topics - personal, philosophical, religious, and social. They give a detailed picture of the More-Conway circle, including such figures as Jeremy Taylor, Ralph Cudworth, Robert Boyle, and Francis Mercury van Helmont, as well as Lady Conway's Quaker associates, George Keith and William Penn. The letters are thus a valuable source for mid-seventeenth-century history, and especially for the intellectual history of the period. Revised from the 1930 printing with new material and introduction by Sarah Hutton. Name on front fly leaf, small chip/tear to top spine of the dust jacket.

Record # 386350

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The Works of William Chillingworth, Volume 3by: Chillingworth, William

The Works of William Chillingworth, Volume 3
by: Chillingworth, William

Hardcover. NY, AMS Press, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 450 pages. Volume III only (of 3 volumes). A reprint of the Oxford edition of 1838. Ten sermons followed by 8 additional discourses. Name on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 386324

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St John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology (Oxford Early Christian Studies) by: Louth, Andrew

St John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology (Oxford Early Christian Studies)
by: Louth, Andrew

Hardcover. UK, Oxford University Press, 2nd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 327 pages. John Damascene, a monk near Jerusalem in the early 700s, never set foot in the Byzantine Empire, yet he had a great influence on Byzantine theology. This book, the first to present an overall account of John's life and work, sets him in the context of the early synods of the Church that took place in the Palestinian monasteries during the first century of Arab rule.

Record # 386438

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Leibniz (Classic Thinkers)by: Arthur, Richard T. W.

Leibniz (Classic Thinkers)
by: Arthur, Richard T. W.

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Polity, reprint, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 231 pages. Few philosophers have left a legacy like that of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He has been credited not only with inventing the differential calculus, but also with anticipating the basic ideas of modern logic, information science, and fractal geometry. He made important contributions to such diverse fields as jurisprudence, geology and etymology, while sketching designs for calculating machines, wind pumps, and submarines. But the common presentation of his philosophy as a kind of unworldly idealism is at odds with all this bustling practical activity. In this book Richard. T. W. Arthur offers a fresh reading of Leibniz's philosophy, clearly situating it in its scientific, political and theological contexts. He argues that Leibniz aimed to provide an improved foundation for the mechanical philosophy based on a new kind of universal language. His contributions to natural philosophy are an integral part of this programme, which his metaphysics, dynamics and organic philosophy were designed to support. Rather than denying that substances really exist in space and time, as the idealist reading proposes, Leibniz sought to provide a deeper understanding of substance and body, and a correct understanding of space as an order of situations and time as an order of successive things. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386490

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Enchiridion Metaphysicumby: Henry More

Enchiridion Metaphysicum
by: Henry More

Hardcover. Bristol UK, Thoemmes Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 403 pages plus a 27 page addenda. A facsimile printing of the 1671 edition. Some 100 illustrations to text showing physical or geometrical calculations. Henry More (1614-1687), was an influential Jesuit, Neoplatonist, and philosopher. This work on metaphysics profoundly influenced the development of Newton's thought, "It seems undeniable that Newton read and was influenced by More's views on space and time, as presented in the Enchiridion metaphysicum. Like More, Newton also believed that for something to exist it must exist in space, and he identified the immensity of infinite space with the extension of God the similarities between their views of space and time, and their relationship to God, guarantees More's place in the history of science." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean and bright.

Record # 386513

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The Exodus Pattern in the Bibleby: David Daube

The Exodus Pattern in the Bible
by: David Daube

Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 94 pages. David Daube was a scholar of Roman and Jewish law, and his expertise led him to some unique scriptural insights. In this stimulating monograph, Daube argues that the Bible presents the exodus as a judicial proceeding, with Egypt coming under God's judgment for its treatment of the Israelite slaves. He shows that this judicial model explains some unusual details of the narrative. For example, Moses' negotiations with Pharaoh and the fact that Israelite women were given jewelry before their departure are part of implementing the proper procedures for releasing slaves as outlined in Deut 15:13. Daube also brings out parallels in the biblical accounts of Israel's release from Egypt, Jacob's departure from Laban in Gen 31, and the release of the captured ark of the covenant by the Philistines in I Sam 6. Name on front fly leaf, light pencil notations to several pages.

Record # 386607

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History and Modernity in the Thought of Thomas Hobbes by: Kraynak, Robert P.

History and Modernity in the Thought of Thomas Hobbes
by: Kraynak, Robert P.

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 224 pages. Robert Kraynak offers a radical reinterpretation of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes and a new assessment of Hobbes's contribution to the origins and problems of modernity. The author argues that it is necessary to examine a neglected facet of Hobbes's though his writings on history, especially Behemoth, his lengthy study of the English Civil War. Through a close reading of these works, Kraynak shows how Hobbes came to consider the possibility of a new kind of political science, one that is supremely confident of the power of critical reason to overcome the authorities of the past to build a new form of civilization yet uncertain about reason's foundations. In the first part of the book, Kraynak analyzes Hobbes's historical works and shows that they contain a coherent theory of the history of civilization whose central theme is the development of the human mind. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386638

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Petrarch: The First Modern Scholar and Man of Lettersby: James Harvey Robinson

Petrarch: The First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters
by: James Harvey Robinson

Hardcover. NY, Greenwood Press, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, 477 pages, two b&w plates. A reprint of the 1913 revised Second Edition. A selection from his correspondence with Boccaccio and other friends, designed to illustrate the beginnings of the Renaissance. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean

Record # 386621

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Ancient Formal Logic (Studies in logic and the foundations of mathematics)by: Bochenski, I.M.

Ancient Formal Logic (Studies in logic and the foundations of mathematics)
by: Bochenski, I.M.

Softcover. Amsterdam, North - Holland Publishing, 2nd pr., 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Thin card covers in a lightly sunned dust jacket, 122 pages. Remarkable work in which the author aimed to collect some of the data available in the state of science of Bochenski's times and to arrange them in a kind of outline, which showed forth some of our indebtedness to Greek Logicians, and allowed the reader to see how their results were reached.

Record # 386716

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Freidrich Schiller on the Aesthetic Education of Man in a Series of Letters by: Friedrich Schiller, Elizabeth M. Wilkinson & L.A. Willoughby(Editors/Translators)

Freidrich Schiller on the Aesthetic Education of Man in a Series of Letters
by: Friedrich Schiller, Elizabeth M. Wilkinson & L.A. Willoughby(Editors/Translators)

Hardcover. UK, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 372 pages. English/German bilingual edition. Ink name on front fly leaf, pencil marking to about 40 pages.

Record # 386762

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The Stubborn System of Moral Responsibilityby: Waller, Bruce N.

The Stubborn System of Moral Responsibility
by: Waller, Bruce N.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 294 pages. An examination of the powerful social and psychological factors that hold the belief in moral responsibility firmly in place. The philosophical commitment to moral responsibility seems unshakable. But, argues Bruce Waller, the philosophical belief in moral responsibility is much stronger than the philosophical arguments in favor of it. Philosophers have tried to make sense of moral responsibility for centuries, with mixed results. Most contemporary philosophers insist that even conclusive proof of determinism would not and should not result in doubts about moral responsibility. Many embrace compatibilist views, and propose an amazing variety of competing compatibilist arguments for saving moral responsibility. In this provocative book, Waller examines the stubborn philosophical belief in moral responsibility, surveying the philosophical arguments for it but focusing on the system that supports these arguments: powerful social and psychological factors that hold the belief in moral responsibility firmly in place. Clean copy.

Record # 386875

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A Theory of Virtue: Excellence in Being for the Good by: Adams, Robert Merrihew

A Theory of Virtue: Excellence in Being for the Good
by: Adams, Robert Merrihew

Softcover. UK, Oxford University Press, reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 249 pages. The distinguished philosopher Robert M. Adams presents a major work on virtue, which is once again a central topic in ethical thought. A Theory of Virtue is a systematic, comprehensive framework for thinking about the moral evaluation of character. Many recent attempts to stake out a place in moral philosophy for this concern define virtue in terms of its benefits for the virtuous person or for human society more generally. In Part One of this book Adams presents and defends a conception of virtue as intrinsic excellence of character, worth prizing for its own sake and not only for its benefits. In the other two parts he addresses two challenges to the ancient idea of excellence of character. One challenge arises from the importance of altruism in modern ethical thought, and the question of what altruism has to do with intrinsic excellence. Part Two argues that altruistic benevolence does indeed have a crucial place in excellence of character, but that moral virtue should also be expected to involve excellence in being for other goods besides the well-being (and the rights) of other persons. It explores relations among cultural goods, personal relationships, one's own good, and the good of others, as objects of excellent motives. The other challenge, the subject of Part Three of the book, is typified by doubts about the reality of moral virtue, arising from experiments and conclusions in social psychology. Adams explores in detail the prospects for an empirically realistic conception of excellence of character as an object of moral aspiration, endeavor, and education. Light pencil marking to a dozen pages.

Record # 386928

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The Philosophy of Spinoza: Unfolding the Latent Processes of His Reasoning -Volume II (2) by: Wolfson, Harry Austryn

The Philosophy of Spinoza: Unfolding the Latent Processes of His Reasoning -Volume II (2)
by: Wolfson, Harry Austryn

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on the spine, 424 pages. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean. Volume 2 ONLY of a 2 volume set.

Record # 386838

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Collected Works of Erasmus: 24 Literary and Educational Writings 2: De Copia / De Ratione Studiiby: Erasmus / Edited by Craig R. Thompson

Collected Works of Erasmus: 24 Literary and Educational Writings 2: De Copia / De Ratione Studii
by: Erasmus / Edited by Craig R. Thompson

Hardcover. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, pages 279-774. The aim of Erasmian education was a civilized life, expressed in Christian piety and the fulfillment of public and private duties and embellished by learning and literature. Towards these ends the soundest training for youth was what Erasmus often called bonne litterae, 'good letters,' a literary and rhetorical training based on Greek and Latin authors. The two works presented here in annotated translations are characteristic expressions of his dedication to learning and his confidence in the values of classical literature for the modern world of his time. Clean copy.

Record # 387428

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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, Etc. - Vol. 2by: Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury

Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, Etc. - Vol. 2
by: Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury

Hardcover. Bristol UK, Thoemmes Press, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, 375 pages. VOLUME 2 ONLY. A facsimile reprint of the Grant Richards 1900 edition.

Record # 387924

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Things Divine and Supernatural Conceived by Analogy With Things Natural and Human by: Peter Browne

Things Divine and Supernatural Conceived by Analogy With Things Natural and Human
by: Peter Browne

Hardcover. Bristol UK, Thoemmes, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 554 pages. A facsimile reprint of the 1733 edition. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397785

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Song Celestial or Bhagavad Gita - Being a Discourse between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being, under the form of Krishna, Theby: Arnold (Translator), Sir

Song Celestial or Bhagavad Gita - Being a Discourse between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being, under the form of Krishna, The
by: Arnold (Translator), Sir

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 135 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Willy Pogany. Black cloth with titles and decoration in silver. Black & white paste down on front cover is intact. Clear plastic cover protecting boards. Pages are clean, unmarked. No slipcase. A nice copy.

Record # 614138

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Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic by: Rowland, Ingrid D.

Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic
by: Rowland, Ingrid D.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2nd pr., 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 335 pages. Giordano Bruno is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland's pathbreaking life of Bruno establishes him once and for all as a peer of Erasmus, Shakespeare, and Galileo, a thinker whose vision of the world prefigures ours. By the time Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1600 on Rome's Campo dei Fiori, he had taught in Naples, Rome, Venice, Geneva, France, England, Germany, and the Prague of Emperor Rudolph II. His powers of memory and his provocative ideas about the infinity of the universe had attracted the attention of the pope, Queen Elizabeth and the Inquisition, which condemned him to death in Rome as part of a yearlong jubilee. Writing with great verve and sympathy for her protagonist, Rowland traces Bruno's wanderings through a sixteenth-century Europe where every certainty of religion and philosophy had been called into question and shows him valiantly defending his ideas (and his right to maintain them) to the very end. Clean copy.

Record # 386830

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Manuscript Remains, Volume II: Critical Debates (1809-1818) by: Schopenhauer/ Arthur Hubscher (Editor), Arthur

Manuscript Remains, Volume II: Critical Debates (1809-1818)
by: Schopenhauer/ Arthur Hubscher (Editor), Arthur

Hardcover. Berg Publishers, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 528 pages. This historico-critical edition of Schopenhauer's manuscript remains contains Schopenhauer's entire surviving philosophical notes, from his university years until his death in 1860. Translated here into English for the first time, it provides a fascinating insight into the workings of Schopenhauer's mind and an important key to his philosophical work. Translated by E.F.J. Payne

Record # 361640

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View of the Principal Deistical Writers, 1755-1757, A - 3 volume setby: Leland, John

View of the Principal Deistical Writers, 1755-1757, A - 3 volume set
by: Leland, John

Hardcover. New York, Facsimiles-Garland Press, reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 3 volume hardcover set. 428+433+368 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper of all volumes. Faint pencil markings to a handful pages of each volume. Overall, a tight clean set.

Record # 458638

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The Garden of the Prophetby: Gibran, Kahlil

The Garden of the Prophet
by: Gibran, Kahlil

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1933, Hardcover, black cloth stamped with gilt title and design, 68 pages. Gilt lettering on spine with light fading. This is the first printing with 1933 on title page and First Edition stated on copyright page. Illustrated with seven drawings on glossy stock by Gibran and two facsimile manuscript pages, all present and intact. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, mild wear to covers, faint foxing to endpapers, otherwise clean.

Record # 378493

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Exploring Ethics: A Traveller's Taleby: Almond, Brenda

Exploring Ethics: A Traveller's Tale
by: Almond, Brenda

Softcover. Malden, NA, Wiley-Blackwell, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear.

Record # 2230150

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The Four Great Initiationsby: Ellen Conroy

The Four Great Initiations
by: Ellen Conroy

Hardcover. London, Rider & Co., 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers, black lettering on spine, 143 pages. A spiritual guidebook that explores the four major initiations of the human soul. The book delves into the spiritual journey of the soul and its evolution through the four initiations: Birth, Baptism, Transfiguration, and Resurrection. Conroy draws on the teachings of ancient wisdom traditions and modern spiritual practices to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of these initiations and their significance in the spiritual path. The book is written in a clear and accessible language and provides practical exercises and meditations to help readers deepen their spiritual practice. Name on front fly leaf, inscription on dedication page. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 398671

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Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, The - Stories of Faith and Marvel Selected from the King Jamesby: Daugherty, James

Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, The - Stories of Faith and Marvel Selected from the King James
by: Daugherty, James

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped with black design. Shows some minor wear but mostly a clean, nice copy. Black & white illustrations by Daugherty. No dust jacket.

Record # 109688

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Invention of the Modern Republic, The by: Fontana, Biancamaria (Editor)

Invention of the Modern Republic, The
by: Fontana, Biancamaria (Editor)

Hardcover. Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 234 pages. Laminated boards. No dust jacket issue. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to covers.

Record # 459290

Price: $80.00 
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Buddhist Centres In Ancient Indiaby: Chaudhury, Binayendra Nath.

Buddhist Centres In Ancient India
by: Chaudhury, Binayendra Nath.

Hardcover. Calcutta, Sanskrit College, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. 290 pages, no marking. Originally printed in 1969.

Record # 382076

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Sermons On Various Subjects, Divine And Moral: With A Sacred Hymn Suited To Each Subjectby: Isaac Watts

Sermons On Various Subjects, Divine And Moral: With A Sacred Hymn Suited To Each Subject
by: Isaac Watts

Hardcover. Boston, Rogers & Fowle, 7th Ed., 1746, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, contemporary calf. Sermons on Various Subjects, Divine and Moral: With a Sacred Hymn Suited to each Subject. Designed for the Use of Christian Families, as well as for the Hours of Devout Retirement. By I. Watts, D.D., Formerly published in Two Volumes, and now reduced into One. The Seventh Edition. Boston, New-England, Printed and Sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-street, next to the Prison, and by J. Blanchard at the Bible and Crown in Dock-Squre. 1746. VOLUMES I & II BOUND IN ONE; A COMPLETE WORK. 740 pages. Two title pages, but first 8 leaves of text (Dedication) torn and chipped. Partial 28 page pamphlet laid-in at rear (only pp 5-23), very worn. Book itself is firmly bound with mostly bright, clean pages. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf. Three pages of advertisements in rear with tears, light stain. DUE TO SIZE, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 398441

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Intention and Identity: Collected Essays Volume II (Collected Essays of John Finnis) by: John Finnis

Intention and Identity: Collected Essays Volume II (Collected Essays of John Finnis)
by: John Finnis

Hardcover. NY/London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 350 pages. The essays in Intention and Identity explore themes in Finnis' work touched on only lightly, if at all, in Natural Law and Natural Rights, developing profound accounts of personal identity and existence; group identity and common good; and intention and choice as action- and self-shaping. In his many-faceted study of what it is to be a human person, and a human community, Finnis not only engages with contemporary philosophers and bioethicists such as Peter Singer, Michael Lockwood and John Harris, with thinkers from other traditions such as Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II), and with judges in the highest courts. He also offers illuminating and deeply considered readings of Shakespeare and Aquinas, and debates with Roger Scruton, Joseph Raz, Hans Kelsen, John Rawls, Glanville Williams, Richard Posner, Ronald Dworkin and others. The role of intention in the criminal law and the law of civil wrongs is searchingly explored through case-law, as are judicial attempts to understand conditional and preparatory intentions. Moral or bioethical issues discussed include in vitro fertilization, cloning, abortion, euthanasia, and 'brain death', patriotism, multi-culturalism and immigration.

Record # 371654

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The Buddha and Five After-Centuries by: Dutt, Sukumar

The Buddha and Five After-Centuries
by: Dutt, Sukumar

Hardcover. London, Luzak and Company, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 252 pages with b&w plates plus index. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 383019

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A Philosophy of the Religions of Ancient Greeks and Israelites(SIGNED COPY)by: Kimpel, Ben

A Philosophy of the Religions of Ancient Greeks and Israelites(SIGNED COPY)
by: Kimpel, Ben

Softcover. Lanham, University Press of America, 1st, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 311 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Light foxing to edges and covers. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609633

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The Biblical Politics of John Locke by: Parker, Kim Ian

The Biblical Politics of John Locke
by: Parker, Kim Ian

Hardcover. Ontario CA, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 201 pages. Clean, bright copy. "Parker has produced a clear and well-researched study of an aspect of Locke's thought that theologians may have tended to miss because it is to do with politics, and that political theorists may have tended to overlook because it involves the Bible and theology. For this he is to be congratulated. Theologians today may also learn from the debate between Filmer and Locke the profoundly unsatisfactory character of attempts to resolve contemporary issues, whether in politics, society, or religion, by imaginative and inventive applications of stray texts. In this respect what is past gives a warning to the present. How will current debates citing biblical texts (for example, in debates about the treatment of homosexuals, or about the consecration of women, or about divine intervention and design in creation) be seen in centuries hence? Those who, with Locke, confidently condemn the speck distorting Filmer's religio-political view, must examine whether, what they see is free from distortion by the `learned Gibberish' of inherited prejudices and convictions. It is to Parker's credit that this useful contribution to the history of thought also raises controversial contemporary challenges.''

Record # 384009

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English Philosophy in the Age of Locke by: Stewart, M.A. (ed.)

English Philosophy in the Age of Locke
by: Stewart, M.A. (ed.)

Hardcover. Oxford UK/NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 326 pages. Volume 3 of Oxford Studies in the History of Philosophy Series. Light pencil marking to about 20 pages.

Record # 384045

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Locke on Money. Edited together with Ancillary Manuscripts, an Introduction, Critical Apparatus, and Notes by Patrick Hyde Kelly.(2 Volumes)by: Locke, John and Kelly,

Locke on Money. Edited together with Ancillary Manuscripts, an Introduction, Critical Apparatus, and Notes by Patrick Hyde Kelly.(2 Volumes)
by: Locke, John and Kelly,

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover set, complete in two volumes, both with bright dust jackets. Locke on Money presents for the first time the entire body of the philosopher's writings on this important subject (other than Two Treatises of Government). Accurate texts, together with an apparatus listing variant readings and significant manuscript changes, record the evolution of Locke's ideas from the original 1668-74 paper on interest to the three pamphlets on interest and coinage published in the 1690s. The introduction by Patrick Hyde Kelly establishes the wider context of Locke's writings in terms of contemporary debates on these subjects, the economic conditions of the time, and the circumstances of writing and publication. It shows, notably, that Locke's supposed responsibility for the 1696 recoinage is a myth. The account of what Locke derived from Mercantilist writings and of how he reformulated these in accordance with his philosophy illuminates his contribution to the evolution of economics, and will aid reappraisal of Two Treatises. The picture that emerges confirms Locke's status as major economic thinker, contrary to the prevalent view of recent decades. There are two volumes in the edition. The first contains the introductory matter, and the texts of the Early Writings on Interest, 1688-74, and Some Considerations. The second comprises Short Observations, Further Considerations, and the Appendices, Bibliography, and Index. 664 total pages. Name on front fly leaf in Vol. 1, otherwise clean.

Record # 384156

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John Locke: Essays on the Law of Nature: The Latin Text with a Translation, Introduction and Notes, Together with Transcripts of Locke's Shorthand in his Journal for 1676 by:

John Locke: Essays on the Law of Nature: The Latin Text with a Translation, Introduction and Notes, Together with Transcripts of Locke's Shorthand in his Journal for 1676
by:

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 292 pages, two b&w plates. Written before his better-known philosophical works, these essays fully explain how natural law is known and to what extent it is binding. Name on front fly leaf, about 20 pages with light pencil marking.

Record # 384179

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Juste Lipse: La Restauration Du Stoicisme Suivi - Etudes et traductions de divers trait?©s stoiciens (French Edition) by: Lagree, Jacqueline

Juste Lipse: La Restauration Du Stoicisme Suivi - Etudes et traductions de divers trait?©s stoiciens (French Edition)
by: Lagree, Jacqueline

Softcover. Paris, Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 268 pages, FRENCH TEXT. Mild crease to cover.

Record # 384323

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De veritate religionis christianae amica collatio cum erudito Judaeo. Gouda 1687by: Van Limborch, Phillipi

De veritate religionis christianae amica collatio cum erudito Judaeo. Gouda 1687
by: Van Limborch, Phillipi

Hardcover. UK, Gregg International Publishing, 1st thus., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue textured cloth, gilt title on spine, 364 pages plus index. A facsimile reprint of the 1687 volume in Latin. The text of Limborch's debate with Isaac Orobio de Castro, (1620-1687). At the end Uriel Da Costa's {Exemplar humanae vitae}. To this, Limborch added his {Brevis refutatio}. Name, pencil notations on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 384428

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