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Alexander of Aphrodisias on Fate. (On Fate and Responsibility).

By: Alexander of Aphrodisias. (translation and commentary by R. W. Sharples).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, UK., Gerald Duckworth & Company.: 2003

Seller ID: 34121

ISBN: 0715617397

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; viii - 310 pp. First published by Duckworth in 1983, this is a later impression. After a lengthy introduction, the translations of "De Fato", "De Anima libri mantissa, XXII-XXV" and "Quaestiones II.4, II.5, III.13 and passages from Alexander's commentary on Aristotle's Topics" follow. The ~50 pages of commentary are next then the original Greek text with notes. Seven page bibliography, 15 page index of passages cited and lastly a 7 page general index. Mild wear to the covers, otherwise a clean text and a sound binding.
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Philosophy in Context; An Experiment in Teaching. Volume 6, 1977. Philosophy and Science.

By: Armour, Leslie. (editor).

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio., Cleveland State University.: 1977

Seller ID: 28393

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; (2) - 105 pp. Wrappers in a saddle stapled binding. Contents: 1 - "Rationalism, Relativism and Scientific Method" by Paul K. Feyerabend, 2 - "The Systematization of Knowledge" by Nicholas Rescher, 3 - "Can Social Science Provide Causal Explanations?" by Raziel Abelson, 4 - "The Structure of a Science of Psychology: William James and B. F. Skinner" by Patrick K. Dooley, 5 - "Change, Value and Objectivity" by Leslie Armour, 6 - "Concrete Comparison, Generalization , and Validation in Social Teserach and Practice" by Harry Butle...
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The Sublime: A Reader in British Eighteenth-Century Aesthetic Theory.

By: Ashfield, Andrew and Peter de Bolla. (editors).

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Cambridge, UK., Cambridge University Press.: 1998

Seller ID: 33131

ISBN: 0521395828

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; ix - 314 pp. First published in 1996, this is the second printing. Eight page listing of sources and further reading at the back. From the back cover: "The study of aesthetics is grounded in the eighteenth century, and its elaboration of the key concept of the sublime . . . However, the unavailability of texts has all too often meant that the sublime has been reduced to the definitions of its most famous theorist, Edmund Burke. This anthology contains an introduction, head-notes and guides to further reading alongside major texts." Minor wear to the edges of the cove...
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Who Designed the Designer? A Rediscovered Path to God's Existence.

By: Augros, Michael.

Price: $9.90

Publisher: San Francisco, California., Ignatius Press.: 2015

Seller ID: 33148

ISBN: 1586179691

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 250 pp. From the back cover: "Interweaving its pursuit of the First Cause with personal stories and humor, this ground-breaking book takes a fresh approach to ultimate questions. While attentive to empirical science, it builds its case not on authoritative pronouncements of experts that readers must take on faith, but instead on a nuanced understanding of universal principles implicit in everyone's experience." Four appendices; "Naked Proofs", "Hume Causing Trouble", "Mad Philosophers and the Nature of Things" and "Musings on Newton's Firs...
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By Reason Alone: Assembling the Great Puzzle.

By: Bacz, Jacek.

Price: $11.25

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Justin Press.: 2010

Seller ID: 32215

ISBN: 0981318444

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 255 pp. Twelve pages of references and suggested reading. From the author's preface: "A friend of mine asked me why I have written this book. I responded that I have written the kind of book I wish I had read at age 25." Minor edge wear and light scuffing to the covers, else fine.
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Der Anteil des Elsass an den geistigen Bewegungen des Mittelalters

By: Baeumker, Dr. Clemens

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Strassburg, J. H. Ed. Heitz (Heitz & Mundel): 1912

Seller ID: 25347

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair

8vo - 24.5 x 17 cm.; 59 pp. Text in German. Rede zur Feier des Geburtstages Sr. Majestat des Kaisers am 27. Januar 1912 in der Aula der Kaiser Wilhelms-universitat Strassburg. Baeumker (1853-1924) was a German historian of philosophy. Cover is soiled with tears at spine and small pieces missing along spine, former owner's name on half-title page; text clean as most pages are still unopened.
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Quality and Concept

By: Bealer, George

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Oxford, England, Clarendon Press.: 1982

Seller ID: 25220

ISBN: 0198244282

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 311 pp. Part of series, Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy. "The central thesis of this book is that three basic sorts of entities - properties, relations and propositions (PRPs)- fix the logical, causal, and phenomenal order of the world and the structure our thought and speech about it." Bealer was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Reed College, Portland, Oregon and now teaches at Yale University. Endnotes, bibliography, symbols, index. Some browning to pages of text; binding sturdy, text pages clean. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with light edgewear.
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The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers.

By: Becker, Carl L.

Price: $4.80

Publisher: New Haven, Connecticut., Yale University Press.: 1964

Seller ID: 24737

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 20.5 x 13 cm.; x - 168 pp. First published in 1932, this is the 24th printing. "Four lectures delivered in the School of Law in Yale University, on the Storrs Foundation, late in the month of April, 1931". The four lectures are "Climates of Opinion", "The Laws of Nature and Nature's God", The New History: Philosophy Teaching by Example", and "The Uses of Posterity". Previous owner's name on the first page, otherwise clean and tight with the front cover showing some light rubbing and scuffing.
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The Ethics of Catholicism & the Consecration of the Intellectual.

By: Belanger, Andre J.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec / Kingston, Ontario., McGill-Queen's University Press.: 1997

Seller ID: 26240

ISBN: 0773515178

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; viii - 242 pp. Wine red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Using France as the most representative case of a Catholic context, André J. Belanger argues that as French society became more secularized intellectuals replaced the clergy as arbitrators of justice and enlightment." One appendix "The Latin American Experience", 34 page bibliography and 6 page index at the back. Previous owner's name on the second page and the dust jacket has a trace of wear to the spine tips. otherwise fine.
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The Intellectual Milieu of John Dryden; Studies in Some Aspects of Seventeenth-Century Thought.

By: Bredvold, Louis I.

Price: $4.80

Publisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan., University of Michigan / Ann Arbor Paperbacks.: 1962

Seller ID: 24738

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 20.5 x 13.5 cm.; 185 pp. From the back cover: "A classic in literary and social history. This book accepts John Dryden's skeptical temperament as the basic explanation of the development of his ideas. It examines skepticism in seventeenth-century literature - its bearings on religious thought, on science's defense against the charge of atheism, on conservative political thought". Four appendices plus an index. Previous owner's name on the first (the title) page, otherwise clean and tight with the covers showing some light shelf wear and scuffing.
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General Psychology: An Interpretation of the Science of the Mind Based on Thomas Aquinas.

By: Brennan OP., Robert Edward.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York., The Macmillan Company.: 1949

Seller ID: 33988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

12mo - 18.5 x 12.5 cm.; xxxvi - 509 pp. Green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine (quite faded) and a gilt crest centered on the front board. First published in 1937, this is the fourteenth printing. Thirteen page preface by Rudolf Allers MD. List of suggested readings and footnotes at the end of each of the 38 "problems" or chapters. Illustrated with 44 black and white line drawings and 5 charts/diagrams. Comprehensive 19 page index at the back. There is pencil underlining and marginal notes throughout, not a huge amount but it is there and the free end papers are fille...
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The Shadow of Scotus: Philosophy and Faith in Pre-Reformation Scotland.

By: Broadie, Alexander.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Edinburgh, Scotland., T & T Clark Limited.: 1995

Seller ID: 34122

ISBN: 0567292959

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8v0 - 21.5 x 14 cm.; viii - 112 pp. From the author's preface: "This book is a highly edited version of a set of six Gifford lectures delivered at the University of Aberdeen in Spring 1994 . . ." From the back cover: "The greatest of the philosophers was John Duns Scotus, but there were others such as John Ireland, John Mair of Haddington and George Lokert of Ayr. Focusing on the concepts of will, intellect and faith, Professor Broadie investigates the philsophy of these 3 men and the relationships between their ideas. He also places them within the framework of the medieval disput...
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Nature Knowledge and God: An Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy.

By: Brother Benignus, FSC.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, Wisconsin., Bruce Publishing Company.: 1951

Seller ID: 31649

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; xii - 662 pp. Brick red cloth over boards with gilt lettering (faded) on the spine and a blind stamped border rule on the front board. First published in 1947, this is the third printing. Nineteen page list of supplementary readings and a 20 page general index. The library markings are a label ghost on the lower spine, a stamp on the title page and attachments on the back end papaers. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper and also stamped on all 3 text block edges. Pen underlining present on pages 3 to 12 and pencil underlining (both black and red) on pages 212...
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The Concept of Knowledge.

By: Butchvarov, Panayot.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Evanston, Illinois., Northwestern University Press.: 1970

Seller ID: 24789

ISBN: 0810103192

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

8vo - 23.5 x 15.5 cm.; viii - 325 pp. Red cloth over boards with gilt letttering on brown panels on the spine and front. From the introduction: "This book has as its subject matter the conceptual foundations of epistemology. Its central task is the account of the concept of knowledge, but in the course of the inquiry detailed accounts are also offered of the concepts of necessary truth and sense perception. And much of the discussion is concerned with the notions of evidence, rational belief and criterion". Previous owner's address label on the front free end paper and the book shows m...
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Bio Engagement: Making a Christian Difference through Bioethics Today.

By: Cameron, Nigel; Scott E. Daniels, Barbara J. White. (editors).

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan., Eerdmans.: 2000

Seller ID: 3506

ISBN: 0802847935

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 23.5 x 16 cm.; xiii - 265 pp. A Horizon in Bioethics Series Book from The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. A collection of essays by 20 leading activists. Major division of Contents: Part I-Christian Vision, Part II-Education and the Media, Part III-Law and Public Policy, Part IV-Health Care, Part V-The Church. Contributors are Mary Adam, Francis Beckwith, Geoffrey Brown, Nigel Cameron, Samuel Casey, Scott Daniels, Marsha Fowler, Teri Goudie, Arnold Hyndman, John Kilner, Paul Madtes, Brian Mawhinney, Ben Mitchell, Donal O'Mathuna, Gregory Rutecki, Terry Schlossberg, David Sherwood...
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Metaphysics and Explanation: Proceedings of the 1964 Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy.

By: Capitan, W. H. and D. D. Merrill. (editors).

Price: $5.20

Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., University of Pittsburgh Press.: 1964

Seller ID: 16609

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 112 pp. Aqua cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Contents: 1 - "On Deductivism as a Philosophy of Science" by Stephan Korner, 2 - "Nonsense" by J. J. C. Smart, 3 - "Causing Voluntary Actions" by Joel Feinberg, 4 - "Comments" by Keith S. Donnellan, Keith Lehrer and Joel Feinberg, 5 - "Evaluative Metaphysics" by Nicholas Rescher, 6 - "Coments" by Lewis White Beck and Thomas E. Patton and with a rejoinder by Nicholas Rescher, 7 - "Things and Qualities" by Herbert Hochberg, 8 - "Comments" by Richard Se...
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Christian Faith and the Theological Life.

By: Cessario OP., Romanus.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Washington, DC., The Catholic University of America Press.: 1996

Seller ID: 31135

ISBN: 0813208696

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; x - 197 pp. From a review by Avery Dulles on the back cover: "Cessario here gives us a masterly exposition of Thomas Aquinas's doctrine of faith, enriched by the tradition of the great commentators." Footnotes throughout and with a 7 page bibliography and a 9 page index. The library markings, one of whch are external, are a stamp on the title page and attachments on the inside of the back cover and the blank verso of the last page. Otherwise very clean with a sound binding and showing minimal wear.
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Ethics in Public Service.

By: Chapman, Richard A. (editor).

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Carleton University Press.: 1993

Seller ID: 24230

ISBN: 0886291917

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 23.5 x 15.5 cm.; xi - 178 pp. Selected papers from a conference of the International Political Science Association Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government held in Durham, UK in 1990. Contents: 1 - "The Duty of the Professional" by Brian Cubbon, 2 - "Promoting Public Service Ethics: The Codification Option" by Kenneth Kernaghan, 3 - "How Can Ethics Be Taught?" by M. W. Jackson, 4 - "Tragic Choices: Administrative Rulemaking and Policy Choice" by B. Guy Peters, 5 - "Administrative Discretion and the Protection of Human Rights; ...
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George Grant: A Biography.

By: Christian, William.

Price: $9.60

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., University of Toronto Press: 1994

Seller ID: 18405

ISBN: 0802059228

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xx - [ 25] - 472 pp. White cloth with purple lettering on spine. First published in 1993, this is the second printing. Illustrated with twenty four pages of black and white photographs. Well annotated with an eleven page bibliography of Grant's published works prepared by Mark Haslett. Previous owner's bookplate on the blank page (page ii) facing the title page. Otherwise very clean and tight showing little if any signs of use.
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The Philosophical Anarchism of William Godwin

By: Clark, John P.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press.: 1977

Seller ID: 20263

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 343 pp. "The book begins with a discussion of the metaphysical and epistemological bases of Godwin's philosophy and then analyzes the nature of his ethical theory and the application of his philosophical principles to social and political issues . . then his place in the history of anarchist theory is clarified." Footnotes, bibliography, index. Clark was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University in New Orleans. Purple cloth-covered boards lightly soiled with light soiling on head of text block edges; a clean, tight text. Dust jacket has minor wear.
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Category: Philosophy