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Boreman, Thomas. Moral Reflections on the Short Life of The Ephemeron. Illustrated by Martin Silverman. New York: Eugene Warner Fund, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1989. Copy 120 of 1,000. No pagination [13 pages]. Illustrations. Signed by the illustrator. This essay first appeared in A Description of Some Curious and Uncommon Creatures, London, 1739. Very good hardcover in very good slipcase. Glue stain on side of slipcase. #24090. $45
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Brown, W. Norman. Man in the Universe: Some Continuities in Indian Thought. Preface by O. L. Chavarria-Aguilar. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. 1st printing. 111, [1] pages. Bibliographical notes. The Rabindranath Tagore memorial Lectureship. Good hardcover in frayed and torn dust jacket; some yellow highlighting. #25800. $15
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Bussell, F. W. The School of Plato: Its Origin, Development, and Revival under the Roman Empire. London: Methuen & Co., 1896. 1st printing. xvi, 346 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Bound in rear of this volume, 'A Catalogue of Books and Announcements of Methuen and Company,' November 1901, 48 pages. Very good hardcover. Edges slightly worn, some foxing on end pages. #23898. $55
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Dessoir, Max. Aesthetics and Theory of Art / Asthetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft. Translated by Stephen A. Emery. Foreword by Thomas Munro. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1970. 1st printing. 453 pages. Index. First published in Germany in 1906 and 1923. 'In this book Dessoir avoids the metaphysical emphasis which has made older German aesthetics unpalatable to many English-reading students of the subject, but he does not ignore the traditions or limit his approach to a survey of purely empirical data.' - Front jacket panel. Very good hardcover in slightly worn, frayed and torn dust jacket. ISBN 0814313833. #25215. $20
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Hall, Manly P. Lectures on Ancient Philosophy. Companion to The Secret Teachings of All Ages. Illustrated by Howard W. Wooley. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin, 2005. 1st Jeremy P. Tarcher edition. 513 pages. Index. Illustrations. This appears to be a facsimile reprint of the 1984 edition. Very good large pictorial trade paperback (soft cover). ISBN 1585424233. #23185. $17.50
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Hedge, Levi. Elements of Logick; or A Summary of The General Principles and Different Modes of Reasoning. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1831. Stereotype edition. Small 8vo (regular size). 178 pages. Shaw & Shoemaker 7492. Leather. Covers worn, hinges weak, else Good. #16755. $10
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Llewelyn, John. Derrida on the Threshold of Sense. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. 1st printing. xiii, 137 pages. Index. Bibliography. 'The author considers in turn Jacques Derrida's treatment of the theories of signification proposed by Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger, Saussure and Levi-Straus, Austin, and Searle.' - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0312194099. #24089. $70
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Munz, Peter. The Place of Hooker in the History of Thought. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1971. Reprint. x, 217 pages. Index. First published in 1952. A study of Richard Hooker, who was a Thomist and an Aristotelian who condemned the Puritans. Very good hardcover. ISBN 0837155487. #25625. $15
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Newman, John H. (John Henry), Cardinal, 1801-1890. The Philosophical Notebook. Volume I: General Introduction to the Study of Newman's Philosophy. Edited at the Birmingham Oratory by Edward Sillem. Preface by Charles Stephen Dessain. New York: Humanities Press, 1969. viii, 257 pages. Index. Bibliography. Exlibrary. Spine label removed; stamps on top and bottom edges, Contents page; barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. Good hardcover, a few marginal notes and underlining, some slight soiling. #23656. $60
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Thus Spake Zarathustra. A Book for All and None. Translated by Thomas Common. Notes by Anthony M. Ludovici. London: George Allen & Unwin & New York: Macmillan, 1923. 5th edition. Copy 785 of 2100. xxvi, 458 pages. The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy, Volume 11. Includes Anthony M. Ludovici, 'Notes on Thus Spake Zarathustra'. Good hardcover. Some underlining. Stamp on top edge. Former owner's name and date on front free flyleaf. #23836. $35
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Plattel, Margin G. Social Philosophy. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Duquesne University Press, 1965. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). x, 346 pages. Index. Duquesne Studies, Philosophical Series, 18. A slightly revised translation of 'Social Wijsbegeerte,' I and II, Utrecht: Het Spectrum, 1959 and 1964. This book analyzes the traditional foundation of social philosophy and develops the philosophical foundation for a personalist social philosophy. - Front dust jacket panel. Very good hardcover in Very good dust jacket. #21205. $17.50
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Royal Institute of Philosophy. Reason and Reality. Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures, Volume 5, 1970-1971. London: Macmillan & New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. xix, 243 pages. Index. Good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0333121597. #19437. $12.50
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Shea, William Michael. Intelligence, Intelligibility and God: An Horizon Analysis of the American Naturalist Philosophies of Frederick J. E. Woodbridge and John H. Randall, Jr. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1973. Authorized facsimile photocopy. Former owner's stamp on verso of front flyleaf. iv, 321 pages. Bibliography. Inscribed and signed by the author. Columbia University, Ph.D., Philosophy, 1973. 'This examination of the philosophic grounds and limits of the doctrine of God of Frederick J. E. Woodbridge and John H. Randall, Jr., is carried out under the supposition that a philosopher's judgment of the status of the divine in existence and his understanding of the meaning of religious symbols is in large part controlled by the philosopher's more basic positions on cognitional operation, objectivity, and the intelligibility of being. The study adopts the philosophic method proposed by Bernard J. F. Lonergan.' - Abstract. Good stiff wrappers (soft cover), covers slightly creased. #25225. $45
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Stoops, John Dashiell. The Integrated Life. New York: Richard R. Smith Publisher, 1951. 1st printing. 180 pages. Good hardcover in frayed, chipped and slightly torn dust jacket. Small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. #25667. $17.50
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Waite, Arthur Edward. The Unknown Philosopher: The Life of Louis Claude de Saint-Martin and The Substance of His Transcendental Doctrine. Preface by Paul M. Allen. Blauvelt, New York: Rudolf Steiner Publications, 1970. xii, 464 pages. Index. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and frayed dust jacket. #21939. $20
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Whitney, William Dwight. Oriental and Linguistic Studies: The Veda, The Avesta, The Science of Language. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, 1873. vii, 416 pages. Index. A collection of the author's articles and essays, including The Vedic Doctrine of a Future Life, Muller's History of Vedic Literature, Muller's Rig-Veda Translation, Indo-European Philology and Ethnology, Bleek and The Simious Theory of Language, etc. Good hardcover; top and bottom of spine frayed and worn, front hinge weak. #25245. $35
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