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Mathematical Logic

By: Ponasse, Daniel

Price: $129.95

Publisher: New York, Routledge: 1973

Seller ID: 626A1536

ISBN: 0677303904

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

0677303904 126 pages. References. List of symbols. Prior owner's neat ink stamp atop front free endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy.
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The Poverty of Historicism

By: Popper, Karl

Price: $7,900.00

Publisher: London, Kegan Paul: 1957

Seller ID: 566H1935

ISBN: B0006DIY2W

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

B0006DIY2W Initialled (K.R.P.) and briefly inscribed atop front free endpaper by Popper to Harry Kidd in year of publication, when Kidd was Secretary of the London School of Economics where Popper taught. xiv, 166 pages. Index. "Puts paid to all attempts at futurology by pointing out that the future depends on new knowledge which by definition we do not have today." - Samuel Brittan, The Week. "Exposes 'historicism' with such force and precision, and makes so clear its incompatability with any kind of scientific empiricism, that there is no further excuse for confusing these ...
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Transcript From Deep Trance-Lecture: Complete Set in 14 (Fourteen) Booklets

By: Probert, Mark; E. Yada Di Shi'ite

Price: $299.95

Publisher: USA, The Inner Circle Kethra E'Da Foundation, Inc.: 1985

Seller ID: 516H0464

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Undated but possibly circa 1960. Includes booklets titled: The Beginning of Matter; Sensory Impressions; The Human Being as a Center; The Human Personality; It is Dangerous to Be Born; Masters and Their Association with Students; The Path; The Origin of Matter; The Long Way Around; Healing; Man's Adventure Into Space; Where Do We Go From Here?; Psycho-Somatics; Meditation - States of Consciousness. Probert was an American trance medium and mental medium who acted as a channel of the Inner Circle. This set was carefully studied by its prior owner who carefully wrote the details of each bookl...
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The Nature of Things

By: Quinton, Anthony

Price: $49.95

Publisher: London, Routledge: 1978

Seller ID: 56601576

ISBN: 0710089031

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

0710089031 394 pages including index. A systematic treatise in which author examines the concept of substance, a philosophical refinement of the everyday notion of a thing. Identifies four distinct, but not unconnected, problems of substance. "The book's scope is large and the detail impressive. It is a considerable work of twentieth-century metaphysics." - TheTimes Literary Supplement. Minor quantities of high-lighting and markings. Above average but not excessive wear. Solid working copy.
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Atlas Shrugged - First Printing

By: Rand, Ayn

Price: $1,250.00

Publisher: USA, Random House: 1957

Seller ID: 566G1198

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

1168 pages. Stated first printing. Book square and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Most of front free endpaper neatly removed one-inch from spine with corresponding indentation to half-title page. Dust jacket bears original 6.95 price and 10/57 date on front flap, with publisher's details at base of back flap. Dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart, bears above-average wear with 3" x 2" patch at foot of spine. A worthy true first edition copy of this increasingly relevant classic.
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Self-Unfoldment: The Practical Application of Moral Principles to the Living of a Life

By: Richardson, J.E.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, The Great School of Natural Science: 1929

Seller ID: 566H1492

ISBN: B001HDXWC2

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

B001HDXWC2 252 pages. "Addressed to the progressive intelligence of the age." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy.
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Scottish Enlightenment and the Militia Issue

By: Robertson, John

Price: $99.95

Publisher: Edinburgh, John Donald: 1985

Seller ID: 515H4465

ISBN: 0859761096

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

0859761096 viii, 272 pages. Bibliography. Index. Footnotes. "Pursues the story of the militia issue and its intellectual significance from its introduction into political debate before the Union by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun. Demonstrates the extent to which the themes of Scottish political debate were absorbed and generalised in the thought of the Enlightenment. Argues that the philosophy of the Enlightenment was not only a reflection of Scottish social experience but also yielded critical and enduring lessons for Scottish political life." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with...
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For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto

By: Rothbard, Murray N.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: New York, Collier Books: 1978

Seller ID: 429C9825

ISBN: 0020746903

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

0020746903 338 pages. Index. Faux signature of Murray Rothbard stamped in blue ink upon title page. "Provides a penetrating and enlightening rationale for his approach, and applies the libertarian idea to every aspect of politics." - from back cover. "... A benchmark of how far leftward the right wing of standard brand American politics now stands." - The Washington Post. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.
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Bioethics in Canada

By: Roy, David J

Price: $89.95

Publisher: Scarborough, ON, Canada, Prentice Hall Canada: 1994

Seller ID: 56606533

ISBN: 0133280977

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

0133280977 499 pages including index. Small application of liquid paper atop title page. Book appears to have been read once but improperly stored as spine is moderately twisted. Light underlining in black ink on page 151. Only light wear and faint soiling. Green covers remain glossy. Clearly distinguishes bioethics from the many competing moralities in Canada, from philosophical and medical ethics and, above all, from applied ethics. Presents bioethics as requiring an inductive method, with careful attention to historical, medical, scientific and social detail. Examines the major issu...
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The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Agressive Common Sense

By: Saul, John Ralston

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Toronto, Penguin Canada: 1995

Seller ID: 56609528

ISBN: 0140237070

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

0140237070 342 pages including index. "A remarkably thoroughgoing critique of folly. The spectacle of Saul blasting away at the conventional wisdom of left and right alike has the intellectual kick of Akira Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo'." - Newsweek. Very light wear. Prior owner's address label atop half-title page. Excellent copy.
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The Return of Grand Theory in the Human Sciences (Canto)

By: Skinner, Quentin

Price: $49.95

Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., Cambridge University Press: 1990

Seller ID: 56600033

ISBN: 0521398339

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

0521398339 215 pages including index. Traces broad transformations such as the erosion of empiricist assumptions and the undermining of the positivist ideal of the unification of the sciences by the impact of foreign traditions on English-speaking social science. Prior owner's details upon half-title page. Some yellowing. Moderate wear.
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Technology and Human Destiny - Madras University Philosophical Series No. 37

By: Skolimowski, Henryk

Price: $59.95

Publisher: India, The Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study in Philosophy, University of Madras: 1983

Seller ID: 56602459

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

139 pages including index. Author advocates eco-philosophy, a positive alternative to the worn out systems of Western philosophy stemming from empiricism. Average quantity of markings. Binding fragile but intact. Above-average wear.
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Life is Fair: The Law of Cause and Effect

By: Soami, Radha: Beas, Satsang

Price: $49.95

Publisher: India, J.C. Sethi, Secretary: 2001

Seller ID: 566H1794

ISBN: 8182560128

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

8182560128 xii, 246 pages. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "Asks the reader to open his or her mind to consider what may be for some a new perspective - a universal, spiritual view of life that sits comfortably with a scientific approach." - from page ix. Unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy.
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Mao Tse-Tung's Theory of Dialectic - Sovietica Volume 44

By: Soo, Francis Y.K.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Netherlands, D. Reidel Publishing Company: 1981

Seller ID: 566C9823

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

192 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. "... Represents the first philosophical attempt to approach this complex issue (Marxism-Leninism) by studying the centerpiece of Mao's Thought: its theory of dialectic." - from dust jacket. Negligible wear to book which bears small prior owner's name atop front free endpaper and minor marginalia on just a few pages. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy.
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Nietzsche in England, 1890-1914;: The growth of a reputation

By: Thatcher, David S

Price: $159.95

Publisher: Canada, University of Toronto Press: 1970

Seller ID: 566A9576

ISBN: 0802052347

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

0802052347 331 pages. Notes, bibliography and index. "Through English literary works and critical periodicals of the imperial fin de siecle and the pre-war years we see Nietzsche's ideas pass from notoriety to increasingly sympathetic acceptance." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with minimial wear. Dust jacket bears moderate wear and is now preserved in Brodart. A very nice copy.
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JUNG ANALYT PSYCHOLOGY (Garland reference library of social science ; v. 38)

By: Vincie

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Scholarly Title: 1977

Seller ID: 522H1767

ISBN: 0824098749

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

0824098749 297 pages. Author Index. Subject Index. "Offers the first complete international biography of material related to both C.G. Jung and the Jungian school of thought. Entries in all major European languages cover subjects ranging from psychology to philosophy, religion to myth, literary criticism to aesthetics." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important reference.
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Planning for Freedom and Other Essays and Addresses

By: Von Mises, Ludwig

Price: $49.95

Publisher: USA, Libertarian Press: 1965

Seller ID: 16201888

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

184 pages. These works may be considered an introduction to the author's comprehensive and more voluminous books. Well-worn. Covers loosening from textblock. Some lean to spine. Prior owner's name atop title page else unmarked. Remains a worthy reading copy.
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Planned Chaos

By: Von Mises, Ludwig; Read, Leonard E. [Foreword]

Price: $995.00

Publisher: Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc.: 1947

Seller ID: 169H4377A

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

90 pages. "Communist plotters, in the United States as elsewhere, are preparing for the conquest of political power. The discerning student, however, should consider how interventionism, under various enticing labels, is setting the stage for the final overthrow of the voluntary society, the market economy and constitutional government. [This work], by a world-famous expert, will prove a valuable aid to understanding in this field. It will help to explain the errors of those who believe a system based on individual freedom can be 'mixed' with socialism." - Foreword. Prior owner's ...
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This Week Magazine, November 2, 1969 - Insert to the Boston Sunday Herald: Our Deadly Railroads

By: Weiss, Paul; Williamson, Nicol; Broadbent, Robert V.; Fandell, Todd E.; Lieber, Leslie; Waldo, Myra; Malcolm, Mary; McCluskey, Sally; Ferguson, Mike and Marilyn; Christian, Mary B.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, United Newspapers Magazine Corporation / The Boston Herald: 1969

Seller ID: 302G3211

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

40 pages. Features: What is Man?; Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Kellogg's Corn Flake Crumbs - illustrated with fried chicken; Sensational one-page color (yellow) photo ad for the 1970 Cadillac Coupe deVille; Nicol Williamson - interview with this serious film star who travels light; Super one-page color-photo ad for a dark green Pontiac Catalina; Your Annual Physical; Our Railroads are No Longer Safe; Can Anyone Predict the Future? - a scorecard on past preductions indicates too many misses; Nice one-page photo ad for LaSalle Extension University features lovely lady using Stenotype s...
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NOT "Death's Dark Night"

By: Willink, A.

Price: $495.00

Publisher: London, Skeffington & Son: 1892

Seller ID: 454H4611

ISBN: B0711DK8TX

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

B0711DK8TX 76 pages. While grieving the loss of his beloved, author receives a message from the other world. "Willink was one of the earliest philosophers to postulate that the world exists in more than the three dimensions we are used to, thus setting the stage for the development of hyperspace theories." - Wikipedia [quoting Michio Kaku and Paul J. Nahin]. 7.5" x 5". Prior owner's details neatly written inside front board. Few pencil markings erased from contents. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.
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Category: Philosophy