The Heart of Philosophy
Harper & Row, January 1986. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling, rear cover chipped at bottom edge; Spine un-creased; Text free of markings; A solid reading copy. More
Philosophy
The Virtue of Nonviolence: From Gautama to Gandhi (Suny Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought)
State University of New York P, January 2006. Trade Paperback. Virtue ethics has been a major focus in contemporary moral philosophy since the publication of Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue. Here, in The Virtue of Nonviolence, Nicholas F. Gier argues that virtue ethics is the best option for constructive postmodern..... More
A Nietzsche Reader (Penguin Classics)
Penguin Classics, October 1978. Trade Paperback. The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry was left untouched by his iconoclastic genius. The philosopher who announced the death of God in The Gay Science (1882) and went on to challenge the..... More
The Philosophy of Nietzsche
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
The Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer (Classics)
Penguin Classics, February 1969. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Unmodern Observations (Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen) (Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen)
Yale University Press, September 1990. Hardcover. Spine slanted; edges and rear endpaper soiled. More
On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic
Hackett Publishing Company, October 1998. Trade Paperback. This new edition is the product of a collaboration between a Germanist and a philosopher who is also a Nietzsche scholar. The translation strives not only to communicate a sense of Nietzsche's style but also to convey his meaning accurately--and thus to be..... More
The Birth of Tragedy & The Genealogy of Morals
Doubleday Anchor, No publication date. Mass Market 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..... More
The Birth of Tragedy & The Genealogy of Morals
Doubleday Anchor, No publication date. Mass Market 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..... More
The Birth of Tragedy & The Genealogy of Morals
Doubleday Anchor, No publication date. Mass Market 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..... More
Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner (V- 369)
Vintage /Random House, June 1967. Mass Market PaperBack. Nietzche's 1st great book is here with one of his last. Together they sound the themes that remain at the heart of present day philosophical and cultural debates and dilemmas. More
The World's Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World's Religions
HarperOne, September 1995. Trade Paperback. An essential collection of the world's spiritual wisdom--a world bible for our time from Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, Taoist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and primal religion sources. Octavo. Slightly curled cover. Previous owner's name in ink first inside page. More
The Communicative Body: Studies in Communicative Philosophy, Politics, and Sociology (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
Northwestern University Press, July 1989. Trade Paperback. This collection of essays on communicative theory and praxis from the eminent Merleau-Ponty scholar and translator John O'Neill explores the thesis that the human body is the exemplary ground of all other communicative processes. A very crisp, clean copy. More
Voltaire: The Universal Man
The History Press, May 2006. Trade Paperback. The dramatic life of a key Enlightenment figure, and France's greatest philosopher, Francois Marie Arouet (pen name Voltaire). More
Recent Philosophers
Open Court Publishing Company, February 1991. Trade Paperback. More
Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas
Modern Library, 1950. Cloth. 12mo. Dustjacket is missing. Grey cloth covered boards with gold lettering within black rectangles on spine and front panel. Kent end pages with previous reader's name in ink ffep upper right hand corner. Dark grey textblock top stain. Dust stained to textblock edges top and fore-edge..... More
Body, Community, Language, World
Open Court, January 1999. Hardcover. Patocka, like few others before or since, combined what was best in Husserl and Heidegger, but at the same time found for himself a distinct, original philosophical voice. Both his originality and his synthesis of the two dominant strands of classical phenomenology are evident here..... More
Philosophical Writings of Peirce
Dover Publications, June 1955. Trade Paperback. An excellent, discerning introduction. It should prove a real boon to the student of Peirce. -- The Modern Schoolman Charles S. Peirce was a thinker of great originality and power. Although unpublished in his lifetime, he was recognized as an equal by such men..... More
Chance, Love, and Logic: Philosophical Essays. Edited with an introduction by Morris R. Cohen. With a supplementary essay on the pragmatism of Peirce by John Dewey
George Braziller, Inc. / Harcourt, Brace, 1956. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. 2nd US edition. Rubbed, dustjacket (wrapped in mylar) with moderate wear glued to pastedowns front & back. Tanning to end pages. Blue cloth covered boards. [318 pages]. More
Ethics (The Century philosophy series)
Appleton-Century-Crofts, January 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy gray cloth-covered boards w/ red/silver lettering, mildly edge-worn; Previous owner initials present at front free end-page; Text free of markings; No dust jacket present; An excellent copy. More
The Origins of Intellect: Piaget's Theory
W. H. Freeman & Co, January 1975. Trade Paperback. More
On Aristotle's 'Physics 2' (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)
Cornell University Press, February 1993. Hardcover. Small patch of discoloration on front end of dust jacket. Foxing on top edge of text block. More
The Ontological Argument: From St. Anselm to Contemporary Philosophers (A 435)
Doubleday Anchor, January 1965. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. 'the Anchor Books edition is the first publication of The Ontological Argument'. Paperback original. {4 & 3/16th' x 7'} Mild user wear. Bowed spine. Inked notes, tick marks, etc. scattered through text. XVIII pages of introductory material. 178 pages of text..... More
Gorgias (Agora Editions)
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
Plato: Selected Dialogues
Franklin Library, January 1983. Leather. Full leather; gilt edges. More
