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A Defence of True Libertyby: John Bramhall

A Defence of True Liberty
by: John Bramhall

Hardcover. NY, Garland Publishing, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with black lettering on spine, 253 pages. A Garland Series, British Philosophers and Theologians of the 17th and 18th Centuries. A facsimile reprint of the 1655 London edition. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386832

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Anti Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by: Deleuze, Gilles; Guattari, F

Anti Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by: Deleuze, Gilles; Guattari, F

Softcover. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 400 pages. Analyzes the expression and repression of desire in Western culture and tells how to avoid fascism in one's life. Clean copy.

Record # 381840

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Bartlous of Sassoferrato: His Position in the History of Medieval Political Thoughtby: Woolf, Cecil N. Sidney

Bartlous of Sassoferrato: His Position in the History of Medieval Political Thought
by: Woolf, Cecil N. Sidney

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 414 pages, blue cloth covers, spine faded. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 403263

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Behemoth: Or the Long Parliament (Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes) by: Hobbes, Thomas/ Paul Seaward(Ed.)

Behemoth: Or the Long Parliament (Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes)
by: Hobbes, Thomas/ Paul Seaward(Ed.)

Hardcover. Oxford University Press, 1st thus, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 426 pages. Behemoth, or The Long Parliament is essential to any reader interested in the historical context of the thought of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). In De Cive (1642) and Leviathan (1651), the great political philosopher had developed an analytical framework for discussing sedition, rebellion, and the breakdown of authority. Behemoth, completed around 1668 and not published until after Hobbe's death, represents the systematic application of this framework to the English Civil War. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386141

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Classical Economists, Theby: O'Brien, D. P.

Classical Economists, The
by: O'Brien, D. P.

Softcover. Oxford, UK, Clarendon Press, Reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 306 pages. Softcover with light wear to wraps. Sunfade to spine. Spine faded. Small black mark on rear wrap, some lines highlighted on four pages. Light toning throughout, illustrated by tables & figures in bw.

Record # 2233106

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Collected Papersby: John Rawls

Collected Papers
by: John Rawls

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 4th pr., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 656 pages. John Rawls's work on justice has drawn more commentary and aroused wider attention than any other work in moral or political philosophy in the twentieth century. Rawls is the author of two major treatises, A Theory of Justice (1971) and Political Liberalism (1993); it is said that A Theory of Justice revived political philosophy in the English-speaking world. But before and after writing his great treatises Rawls produced a steady stream of essays. Some of these essays articulate views of justice and liberalism distinct from those found in the two books. They are important in and of themselves because of the deep issues about the nature of justice, moral reasoning, and liberalism they raise as well as for the light they shed on the evolution of Rawls's views. Some of the articles tackle issues not addressed in either book. They help identify some of the paths open to liberal theorists of justice and some of the knotty problems which liberal theorists must seek to resolve. A complete collection of John Rawls's essays. Owner's name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 386136

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Commonwealth of Oceana and a System of Politicsby: Harrington, James

Commonwealth of Oceana and a System of Politics
by: Harrington, James

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. James Harrington's brief career as a political and historical theorist spans the last years of the Cromwellian Protectorate and the Restoration of 1660. This volume comprises the first and last of Harrington's writings. Harrington was the first theorist to interpret the English Civil Wars as a revolution, the result of a longterm process of social change that led to the decay of the old political order. Professor Pocock's lucid introduction emphasizes Harrington's place as a pivotal figure in the history of English political thought. This edition also contains a chronology of principal events in Harrington's life and a guide to further reading. Name and light pencil notes on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387420

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Companion to Michael Oakeshott, Aby: Oakeshott, Michael/Paul Franco & Leslie Marsh

Companion to Michael Oakeshott, A
by: Oakeshott, Michael/Paul Franco & Leslie Marsh

Hardcover. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1st Edition, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 346 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with only minor wear. Clean, unmarked and tight copy.

Record # 750149

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Complex Vision, The by: Powys, John Cowper

Complex Vision, The
by: Powys, John Cowper

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1st Edition, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 370 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth covers with gilt titles to cover & spine. Fraying, scuffing to edges. Light sunfade to spine. As is, with light pencil marking throughout. Cracked rear hinge.

Record # 750614

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Dante: Monarchy Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought by: Dante

Dante: Monarchy Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
by: Dante

Softcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 121 pages. This is the first new translation for forty years of a fascinating work of political theory, until now only available in academic libraries. Dante's Monarchy addresses the fundamental question of what form of political organization best suits human nature; it embodies a political vision of startling originality and power, and illuminates the intellectual interests and achievements of one of the world's great poets. Prue Shaw's translation is accompanied by a full introduction and notes, which provide a complete guide to the text, and places Monarchy in the context of Dante's life and work. Clean copy.

Record # 386932

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Discourses of Niccolo Machiavelli, Theby: Walker, Leslie J. (Translation/Introduction/Notes), Cecil H. Clough (New Introduction and Appendices)

Discourses of Niccolo Machiavelli, The
by: Walker, Leslie J. (Translation/Introduction/Notes), Cecil H. Clough (New Introduction and Appendices)

Hardcover. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 585 pages. Hardcover. Volume 1 only. Red cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. B/w illustrated frontispiece. Dust jacket price-clipped, has a touch of tanning. Top edge dyed. Some odd rust marks to front flyleaf and back page. First published in 1950, this classic translation by the late Leslie J. Walker has been out of print for some years. Within Walker explains under what conditions Machiavelli came to formulate his theory, and examines the postulates upon which Machiavelli's new method was based.

Record # 99166

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Elements of Refusalby: Zerzan, John

Elements of Refusal
by: Zerzan, John

Softcover. Seattle, Left Bank Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 263 pages, clean, unmarked. A comprehensive collection of the author's provocative writings which originally appeared in marginal and underground publications.

Record # 358576

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Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economyby: Mill, John Stuart

Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy
by: Mill, John Stuart

Hardcover. London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 2nd, 1874, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 164 pages, plus 24 pages of new works from publishers. Green cloth covers, gilt titles to spine, blind stamped titles and border to front cover. Light edgewear and rubbing to covers, spine cracked at inside of front hinge, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, Edinburgh Medical Society stamp to title page, short pencil notations to rear endpaper; otherwise a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 807299

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From Alexander to Constantine: Passages and Documents Illustrating the History of Social and Political Ideas 336 B.C.-A.D. 337by: Barker, Ernest

From Alexander to Constantine: Passages and Documents Illustrating the History of Social and Political Ideas 336 B.C.-A.D. 337
by: Barker, Ernest

Hardcover. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, London, England, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 505 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Navy blue cloth boards, some chipping at top and bottom of spine, gilt title on spine, faded. Some light tanning to pages and edges. Spine straight. Binding good.

Record # 99163

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Heidegger and the Project of Fundamental Ontologyby: Taminiaux, Jacques

Heidegger and the Project of Fundamental Ontology
by: Taminiaux, Jacques

Hardcover. New York, State University of New York Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 233 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with light wear. Clean unmarked text.

Record # 750005

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Hobbesian Moral and Political Theoryby: Kavka, Gregory S.

Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory
by: Kavka, Gregory S.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press , 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 460 pages, tight, clean hardcover in a dust jacket with minor edgewear. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 405024

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In God's Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bibleby: Walzer, Michael

In God's Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bible
by: Walzer, Michael

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 232 pages. Political theorist Michael Walzer reports his findings after decades of thinking about the politics of the Hebrew Bible. Attentive to nuance while engagingly straightforward, Walzer examines the laws, the histories, the prophecies, and the wisdom of the ancient biblical writers and discusses their views on such central political questions as justice, hierarchy, war, the authority of kings and priests, and the experience of exile. Because there are many biblical writers with differing views, pluralism is a central feature of biblical politics. Yet pluralism, Walzer observes, is never explicitly defended in the Bible; indeed, it couldn't be defended since God's word had to be as singular as God himself. Yet different political regimes are described in the biblical texts, and there are conflicting political arguments--and also a recurrent anti-political argument: if you have faith in God, you have no need for strong institutions, prudent leaders, or reformist policies. At the same time, however, in the books of law and prophecy, the people of Israel are called upon to overcome oppression and "let justice well up like water, righteousness like an unfailing stream." Name on front fly leaf, light pencil marking to pages.

Record # 384326

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John Locke's Political Philosophy and the Hebrew Bibleby: Yechiel J. M. Leiter

John Locke's Political Philosophy and the Hebrew Bible
by: Yechiel J. M. Leiter

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 420 pages. John Locke's treatises on government make frequent reference to the Hebrew Bible, while references to the New Testament are almost completely absent. To date, scholarship has not addressed this surprising characteristic of the treatises. In this book, Yechiel Leiter offers a Hebraic reading of Locke's fundamental political text. In doing so, he formulates a new school of thought in Lockean political interpretation and challenges existing ones. He shows how a grasp of the Hebraic underpinnings of Locke's political theory resolves many of the problems, as well as scholarly debates, that are inherent in reading Locke. More than a book about the political theory of John Locke, this volume is about the foundational ideas of western civilization. While focused on Locke's Hebraism, it demonstrates the persistent relevance of the biblical political narrative to modernity. Light pencil marking to about 25 pages. Otherwise clean and tight. No dust jacket.

Record # 384254

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Lockean Theory of Rights, Theby: Simmons, A. John

Lockean Theory of Rights, The
by: Simmons, A. John

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 387 pages. Black cloth covers slightly bowed. Some light notes in pencil. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Dust jacket shows light wear.

Record # 610589

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Machiavelli and Guicciardini: Politics and History in Sixteenth Century Florence by: Felix Gilbert

Machiavelli and Guicciardini: Politics and History in Sixteenth Century Florence
by: Felix Gilbert

Softcover. NY, W. W. Norton , reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 339 pages. In Felix Gilbert's skilled analysis, the figures of Niccolo Machiavelli, whose writing changed the way people think about politics, and Francesco Guicciardini, whose History of Italy is one of the first classics of modern historical writing, provide important clues to interpreting the Renaissance. "Instead of treating these two great figures in isolation, Professor Gilbert puts them into the context of their times, into the stream of political thinking and historical writing of which they were a part. . . .His book is the fruit of years of writing of which they were a part. . . .His book is the fruit of years of original research among Florentine archives and of careful thought about the problems of Renaissance politics and historiography." Clean, bight copy.

Record # 386921

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Man and Citizen: (De Homine and De Cive) (Hackett Classics) by: Thomas Hobbes

Man and Citizen: (De Homine and De Cive) (Hackett Classics)
by: Thomas Hobbes

Softcover. indianapolis, Hackett Publishing, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 388 pages. Contains the most helpful version of Hobbes's political and moral philosophy available in English. Includes the only English translation of De Homine, chapters X-XV. Features the English translation of De Cive attributed to Hobbes. Clean copy.

Record # 386133

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Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Tolerationby: Teresa M. Bejan

Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration
by: Teresa M. Bejan

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, reprint, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 272 pages. We are facing a crisis of civility, a war of words polluting our public sphere. In liberal democracies committed to tolerating active, often heated disagreement, the loss of this virtue appears critical. Most modern appeals to civility follow arguments by Hobbes or Locke by proposing to suppress disagreement or exclude views we deem "uncivil" for the sake of social harmony. By comparison, mere civility-a grudging conformity to norms of respectful behavior-as defended by Rhode Island's founder, Roger Williams, might seem minimal and unappealing. Yet Teresa Bejan argues that Williams's outlook offers a promising path forward in confronting our own crisis, one that challenges our fundamental assumptions about what a tolerant-and civil-society should look like. Clean copy.

Record # 386520

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Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by: Montesquieu, Charles de

Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
by: Montesquieu, Charles de

Softcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 757 pages. This volume translated and edited by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller, and Harold Samuel Stone. Light pencil notations on front fly leaf, spine faded, otherwise clean.

Record # 386184

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Nazi Culture: The Brown Darkness Over Germanyby: Josephson, Matthew

Nazi Culture: The Brown Darkness Over Germany
by: Josephson, Matthew

Softcover. New York, John Day Company, 1st Edition, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Softcover pamphlet with French flaps. Tan wrapper with black title on front cover and text on back cover (see image). Staple bound. A couple of stray marks on front cover (see image). Some light tanning throughout from age. In amazing shape for its age.

Record # 369279

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Philosophes and Post-Revolutionary France, Theby: Lough, John

Philosophes and Post-Revolutionary France, The
by: Lough, John

Hardcover. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1st , 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 284 pages. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Slight foxing to top edge. Dust jacket has price clipped from front flap. Dust jacket also shows minor shelf wear and fading to spine. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855451

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Plato's Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics by: Bobonich, Christopher

Plato's Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics
by: Bobonich, Christopher

Softcover. UK, Oxford University Press, 1st pbk., 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 643 pages. An illuminating reappraisal of Plato's later works, which reveals radical changes in his ethical and political theory. Christopher Bobonich argues that in these works Plato both rethinks and revises important positions which he held in his better-known earlier works such as the Republic and the Phaedo. Bobonich analyses Plato's shift from a deeply pessimistic view of non-philosophers in the Republic, where he held that only philosophers were capable of virtue and happiness, to his far more optimistic position in the Laws, where he holds that the constitution and laws of his ideal city of Magnesia would allow all citizens toachieve a truly good life. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387953

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Political Hebraism: Judaic Sources in Early Modern Political Thought by: Schochet, Gordon, and Salzberger, Fania Oz, and Jones, Meirav (Eds.)

Political Hebraism: Judaic Sources in Early Modern Political Thought
by: Schochet, Gordon, and Salzberger, Fania Oz, and Jones, Meirav (Eds.)

Softcover. Jerusalem/NY, Shalem Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 287 pages. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, European political philosophy felt intimately at home with the Hebrew Bible, enjoyed some familiarity with later Jewish texts and exegeses, and accommodated a small number of Jews within its political discourse. The period was characterized by a search for Hebraica Veritas, a view of De Republica Hebraeorum as the idealized polity, and biblical and Jewish ideas permeating the political imagination through art, literature, and legal codes. This volume is comprised of papers from the first ever international conference on political Hebraism held in Jerusalem in August 2004 under the auspices of the Shalem Center. The topic of political Hebraism is broached here from a number of approaches, including historical, literary, philosophical, theological, critical, and sociopolitical.

Record # 384263

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Rise of Modern Philosophy, Theby: Kenny, Anthony

Rise of Modern Philosophy, The
by: Kenny, Anthony

Hardcover. Oxford, Clarendon Press, First Edition, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 356 pages. Hardcover with illustrated endpapers. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket with light sunfade to bottom edge. Illustrations in bw throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751106

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Rousseau, Law and the Sovereignty of the People by: Putterman, Ethan

Rousseau, Law and the Sovereignty of the People
by: Putterman, Ethan

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 187 pages. Examines Rousseau's contribution as a constitutionalist and builder of institutions, relating his major ideas to twenty-first century debates. Rubber stamp on copyright page, otherwise clean.

Record # 384147

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Rousseau-The Discourses and Other Early Political Thought by: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques; Gourevitch, Victor

Rousseau-The Discourses and Other Early Political Thought
by: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques; Gourevitch, Victor

Softcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, like new. A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's important early political writings in faithful English translations. This volume includes the Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and the Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality among Men - the so-called First and Second Discourses - together with Rousseau's extensive Replies to critics of these Discourses; the Essay on the Origin of Languages; the Letter to Voltaire on Providence; as well as several minor but illuminating writings - the Discourse on Heroic Virtue and the essay Idea of the Method in the Composition of a Book. In these as well as in his later writings, Rousseau probes the very premises of modern thought. His influence was wide-reaching from the very first, and it has continued to grow since his death. The American and the French Revolutions were profoundly affected by his thought, as were Romanticism and Idealism. 437 pages.

Record # 379217

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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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Slavery and Freedomby: Berdyaev Nicolas/ French RM. (Trans)/Roger Shattuck

Slavery and Freedom
by: Berdyaev Nicolas/ French RM. (Trans)/Roger Shattuck

Hardcover. London, Geoffrey Bles, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt title on spine, 268 pages. In an edgeworn dust jacket with a crease lengthwise. Copy of literary critic and historian Roger Shattuck with his pencil signature and "Mindoro, Philippines 1945" (presumed where he served in WW2) on the front fly leaf. Some pencil markings and notations in text.

Record # 372391

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Story of Black, Theby: Harvey, John

Story of Black, The
by: Harvey, John

Hardcover. London, Reaktion Books, 2013, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in full color & black & white throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233141

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The Achievement of Michael Oakeshott by: Norman, Jesse [Ed.)

The Achievement of Michael Oakeshott
by: Norman, Jesse [Ed.)

Hardcover. London, Duckworth, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 148 pages, b/w photographic plates of Michael Oakeshott as frontispiece plate. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Clean copy.

Record # 378889

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The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thoughtby: Christopher Rowe (Editor), Malcolm Schofield (Editor)

The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought
by: Christopher Rowe (Editor), Malcolm Schofield (Editor)

Softcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 4th pr., 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 745 pages. Beginning with Homer and ending in late antiquity with Christian and pagan reflections on divine and human order, this volume is the first general and comprehensive treatment of Rome ever to be published in English. Its international team of distinguished scholars includes historians of law, politics, culture and religion, as well as philosophers. The volume will long remain an accessible and authoritative guide to Greek and Roman thinking about government and community. Remainder line on bottom edge otherwise clean.

Record # 387951

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The Correspondence of Thomas Hobbes (Two Vols.)by: Thomas Hobbes/ edited by Noel Malcolm

The Correspondence of Thomas Hobbes (Two Vols.)
by: Thomas Hobbes/ edited by Noel Malcolm

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Two hardcovers in bright dust jackets, 1008 pages total. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is one of the most important figures in the history of European thought. Although interest in his life and work has grown enormously in recent years, this is the first complete edition of his correspondence. The texts of the letters are supplemented with explanatory notes and full biographical and bibliographical information. Although best known for his political theory, he also wrote about theology, metaphysics, physics, optics, mathematics, psychology and literary criticism. All of these interests are reflected in his correspondence. Some small groups of his letters have been printed in the past (often in inaccurate transcriptions), but this edition is the first complete collection of his correspondence, nearly half of which has never been printed before. All the letters have been transcribed from the original sources, and all materials in Latin, French and Italian are printed together in modern English. The letters are fully annotated, and there are long biographical entries on all of his correspondents, based on extensive original research. Noel Malcolm is the author of "De Dominis (1560-1624): Venetian, Anglican, Ecumenist and Relapsed Heretic". This second of two volumes contains the letters of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), supplemented with explanatory notes, and full biographical and bibliographical information. This publication sheds new light on the intellectual life of a major European thinker. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a bright, clean set. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 386143

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The Discovery of Chance: The Life and Thought of Alexander Herzenby: Kelly, Aileen M.

The Discovery of Chance: The Life and Thought of Alexander Herzen
by: Kelly, Aileen M.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 592 pages. Alexander Herzen-philosopher, novelist, essayist, political agitator, and one of the leading Russian intellectuals of the nineteenth century-was as famous in his day as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. While he is remembered for his masterpiece My Past and Thoughts and as the father of Russian socialism, his contributions to the history of ideas defy easy categorization because they are so numerous. Aileen Kelly presents the first fully rounded study of the farsighted genius whom Isaiah Berlin called "the forerunner of much twentieth-century thought." In an era dominated by ideologies of human progress, Herzen resisted them because they conflicted with his sense of reality, a sense honed by his unusually comprehensive understanding of history, philosophy, and the natural sciences. Following his unconventional decision to study science at university, he came to recognize the implications of early evolutionary theory, not just for the natural world but for human history. In this respect, he was a Darwinian even before Darwin. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 387400

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The Excellencie of a Free-State: Or, The Right Constitution of a Commonwealthby: Marchamont Nedham

The Excellencie of a Free-State: Or, The Right Constitution of a Commonwealth
by: Marchamont Nedham

Softcover. Indianapolis, Liberty Fund, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 211 pages. Edited and with an Introduction by Blair Worden. This edition brings back into print, after two and a half centuries, the pioneering work of English republicanism, Marchamont Nedham's The Excellencie of a Free-State, which was written in the wake of the execution of King Charles I. First published in 1656, and compiled from previously written editorials in the parliamentarian newsbook Mercurius Politicus, The Excellencie of a Free-State addressed a dilemma in English politics, namely, what kind of government should the Commonwealth adopt? Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386606

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The Political Philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelliby: Del Lucchese, Filippo

The Political Philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli
by: Del Lucchese, Filippo

Hardcover. Edinburgh University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 210 pages. All students of Western political thought encounter Niccolo Machiavelli's work. Nevertheless, his writing continues to puzzle scholars and readers who are uncertain how to deal with the seeming paradoxes they encounter. 'The Political Philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli' is a clear account of Machiavelli's thought, major theories and central ideas. It critically engages with his work in a new way, one not based on the problematic Cambridge-school approach. Geared towards the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of Machiavelli's ideas, it is the ideal companion to the study of this influential and challenging philosopher.

Record # 387926

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The Political Thought of John Locke: An Historical Account of the Argument of the 'Two Treatises of Government'by: Dunn, John/John Locke

The Political Thought of John Locke: An Historical Account of the Argument of the 'Two Treatises of Government'
by: Dunn, John/John Locke

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 290 pages. This study provides a comprehensive reinterpretation of the meaning of Locke's political thought. John Dunn restores Locke's ideas to their exact context, and so stresses the historical question of what Locke in the Two Treatises of Government was intending to claim. By adopting this approach, he reveals the predominantly theological character of all Locke's thinking about politics and provides a convincing analysis of the development of Locke's thought. In a polemical concluding section, John Dunn argues that liberal and Marxist interpretations of Locke's politics have failed to grasp his meaning. Locke emerges as not merely a contributor to the development of English constitutional thought, or as a reflector of socio-economic change in seventeenth-century England, but as essentially a Calvinist natural theologian. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 384278

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The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 1: The Glorious Revolution Defended, 1690-1704by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 1: The Glorious Revolution Defended, 1690-1704
by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

Hardcover. London, Pickering & Chatto, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth, spine with maroon title block and gilt lettering, 369 pages. Vol. 1 ONLY of a six volume set. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

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The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 2: Patriarchalism, the Social Contract and Civic Virture 1705- 1760by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 2: Patriarchalism, the Social Contract and Civic Virture 1705- 1760
by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

Hardcover. London, Pickering & Chatto, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth, spine with maroon title block and gilt lettering, 377 pages. Vol. 2 ONLY of a six volume set. Clean, bright copy, no markings.

Record # 386755

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The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 3: The Age of the American Revolution 1760-1780by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 3: The Age of the American Revolution 1760-1780
by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

Hardcover. London, Pickering & Chatto, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth, spine with maroon title block and gilt lettering, 384 pages. Vol. 3 ONLY of a six volume set. Name and date on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386754

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The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 4: Poitical Reform in the Age of The French Revolution 1780-1838by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 4: Poitical Reform in the Age of The French Revolution 1780-1838
by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

Hardcover. London, Pickering & Chatto, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth, spine with maroon title block and gilt lettering, 448 pages. Vol. 4 ONLY of a six volume set. Clean, bright copy, no markings.

Record # 386757

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The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 5: The Church, Dissent and Religious Toleration, 1689-1773by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 5: The Church, Dissent and Religious Toleration, 1689-1773
by: Goldie, Mark (Ed.)

Hardcover. London, Pickering & Chatto, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth, spine with maroon title block and gilt lettering, 385 pages. Vol. 5 ONLY of a six volume set. Clean, bright copy, no markings.

Record # 386763

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The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural Transformationby: David Johnston

The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural Transformation
by: David Johnston

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 234 pages. When Leviathan first appeared in 1651, it was recognized as a work of extraordinary scope, uniting metaphysical, theological, and political arguments into a single distinctive outlook. Contending that modern readers do the book an injustice by neglecting its metaphysical and theological themes, David Johnston supports his claim with a detailed examination of the text as a whole and with a reinterpretation of the genesis of the work. Clean copy.

Record # 386605

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The Spirit of Modern Republicanism: The Moral Vision of the American Founders And the Philosophy of Locke by: Pangle, Thomas L.

The Spirit of Modern Republicanism: The Moral Vision of the American Founders And the Philosophy of Locke
by: Pangle, Thomas L.

Hardcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 334 pages. The Spirit of Modern Republicanism sets forth a radical reinterpretation of the foundations on which the American regime was constructed. Thomas L. Pangle argues that the Founders had a dramatically new vision of civic virtue, religious faith, and intellectual life, rooted in an unprecedented commitment to private and economic liberties. It is in the thought of John Locke that Pangle finds the fullest elaboration of the principles supporting the Founders' moral vision. Clean copy.

Record # 384255

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Toleration and Understanding in Locke by: Jolley, Nicholas

Toleration and Understanding in Locke
by: Jolley, Nicholas

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 175 pages. Despite recent advances in Locke scholarship, philosophers and political theorists have paid little attention to the relations among his three greatest works: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Two Treatises of Government, and Epistola de Tolerantia. As a result our picture of Locke's thought is a curiously fragmented one. Toleration and Understanding in Locke argues that these works are unified by a concern to promote the cause of religious toleration. Making extensive use of Locke's neglected replies to Proast, Nicholas Jolley shows how Locke draws on his epistemological principles to criticize religious persecution - for Locke, since revelation is an object of belief, not knowledge, coercion by the state in religious matters is not morally justified. In this volume Jolley also seeks to show how the Two Treatises of Government and the letters for toleration adopt the same contractualist approach to political theory; Locke argues for toleration from the function of the state where this is determined by the decisions of rational contracting parties. Throughout, attention is paid to demonstrating the range of Locke's arguments for toleration and to defending them, where possible, against recent criticisms. The book includes an account of the development of Locke's views about religious toleration from the beginning to the end of his career; it also includes discussions of his individualism about knowledge and belief, his critique of religious enthusiasm, his commitment to the minimal creed, and his teachings about natural law. Locke emerges as a rather systematic thinker whose arguments are highly relevant to modern debates about religious toleration. Light pencil marking to some pages.

Record # 384176

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Two Studies in the Greek Atomistsby: Furley, David J.

Two Studies in the Greek Atomists
by: Furley, David J.

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st Edition, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Study 1: Indivisible Magnitudes Study 2: Aristotle and Epicurus on Voluntary Action 256 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear and lightly erased writing on top of front cover. (see image). Gray cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Notes in pencil in some margins. Previous owners' names on front flyleaf. These two studies explain two doctrines in the philosophy of Epicurus, first by a detailed examination of the ancient Greek and Latin texts which describe them, and secondly by showing how earlier Greek philosophy gave rise to the problems which Epicurus tackled.

Record # 99152

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Unthinkable Swift, The - The Spontaneous Philosophy of a Church of England Manby: Montag, Warren

Unthinkable Swift, The - The Spontaneous Philosophy of a Church of England Man
by: Montag, Warren

Softcover. London, Verso, 1st Thus, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 174 pages. Softcover. Light marginal wear to covers. Clean & unmarked.

Record # 750612

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