Modern Library, 1939. Cloth. Octavo in jacket with edgewear and large tear top edge of front panel with clear tape 'repair'. Front flap has cut out corner. Blue cloth covered boards with small silver lettering on spine and decorations in a darker blue. On Front boards gold stamped torchbearer colophon..... More
Doubleday Anchor, No publication date. Trade Paperback. Skillful, sophisticated translations of two of Nietzsche's essential works about the conflict between the moral and aesthetic approaches to life, the impact of Christianity on human values, the meaning of science, the contrast between the Apollonian and Dionysian spirits, and other themes central..... More
Little Brown & Co., January 1988. Trade Paperback. 3rd printing; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Previous owner inscription present at front free end-page; Text free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very Good, mildly edge-worn w/ no significant flaws to disclose; An excellent copy. More
Harvest Books, June 1970. Trade Paperback. An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. Arendt also reexamines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power. "Incisive, deeply probing, written with clarity and grace, it provides an ideal framework for understanding..... More
Zone Books, April 1988. First Thus. Hardcover. "Since the end of the last century," Walter Benjamin wrote, "philosophy has made a series of attempts to lay hold of the 'true' experience as opposed to the kind that manifests itself in the standardized, denatured life of the civilized masses. It is..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 2010. Trade Paperback. A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport, The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. In his acclaimed..... More
Paragon House, June 1998. Hardcover. Traces the life of the renowned Jewish religious philosopher, discussing his youth, his education in turn-of-the-century Vienna, his Zionism, and the impact of world politics on his life and thought. 2nd printing; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very..... More
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, August 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each--from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir--offers practical and..... More
Rowman and Littlefield, January 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Dust jacket mildly edge-worn/rubbed, jacket spine significantly sun-faded w/ title illegible; ; An excellent copy, despite jacket flaws. More
The MIT Press, October 1985. Paper Back. The essays in this collection provide an unusually intense portrait of a society and an age. They offer penetrating insights into past and present developments in Germany, shedding new light on that society and our own. In mid 1978, German philosopher Jürgen Habermas..... More
Prometheus Books, November 1992. Trade Paperback. Leibniz (1646 - 1716) was a true polymath and has been called the most comprehensive thinker since Aristotle. In these two great works by the founder of modern German speculative philosophy, the reader is introduced to Leibniz's metaphysics, including his conception of physical substance..... More
Wiley-Blackwell, August 1991. Paper Back. The development of a theory of linguistics This study examines how Noam Chomsky developed a linguistics theory that led to new discussions and debates about language. Challenging Chomsky: The Generative Garden Game looks at the role the linguist's theory has had in the study of..... More
Martinus Nijhoff / The Hague, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume two only of a two volume set; Solid binding; Clean, sturdy blue cloth boards w/ gilt design/lettering at front and spine; Mild foxing present at outer edge text-block; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket shows mild to moderate edge-wear w/..... More
Yale University Press, March 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. This engrossing biography of highly influential Czech novelist and short-story writer Franz Kafka emphasizes the cultural and historical contexts of his fiction and focuses for the first time on his complex relationship with his father. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free..... More
Cornell University Press, October 1998. Paper Back. The struggle which Plato has Socrates recommend to his interlocutors in "Gorgias" - and to his readers - is the struggle to overcome the temptations of worldly success and to concentrate on genuine morality. Ostensibly an enquiry into the value of rhetoric, the..... More
Penguin Books, April 2006. Reprint. Paper Back. Plato's finest dramatic work, an entertaining tale of goodness and knowledge Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good, Protagoras and Meno are two of the most enjoyable and accessible of all of Plato's dialogues. Widely regarded as his finest dramatic..... More
MacMillan/Library of Liberal Arts, 1989. Reprint. Stapled Pamphlet. 33rd printing. Octavo. Underlining & notes in pencil [70 pages]. More
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy olive cloth boards w/ immaculate gilt at front and spine; Text free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket near fine, ever-so-slightly edge-worn; Dust jacket now housed in protective mylar for further preservation; An exceptional copy, fit for any..... More
Springer, March 2015. Hardcover. More
SUNY Press, June 2015. Hardcover. In this original work of philosophy, Andrew Benjamin calls for a new understanding of relationality, one inaugurating a philosophical mode of thought that takes relations among people and events as primary, over and above conceptions of simple particularity or abstraction. Drawing on the work of..... More
Modern Library, 1927. Hardcover. Light water damage (it appears) on bottom of board cover spine; light sun bleaching on spine, though title and modern library logo are still clear and abundantly visible; shelf wear and page yellowing, as would be expected from age; binding is a bit loose at the..... More
Doubleday Anchor, 1958. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. A Doubleday Anchor mass market paperback with mild edgewear and flaking. Darkened spine and margins. Binding has been reinforced with tape (browning with age) at gutter of title page. Dust stains to textblock edges. A handful of dark splotches along fore-edge. Some scribbled..... More
Oxford University Press, January 1966. Paper Back. Lightly used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine lightly worn from use; Spine top corner bumped; Previous owner initials present at half title; Text free of markings; An excellent reading copy. More
Random House, January 1966. First Thus. Paper Back. Mass market paperback. First printing paperback. Creased spine. More
