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1) A Vision of the Future : Twelve Ideas for a Better Life and a Better Society
Adler, Mortimer J

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1984. A few tears to front panel of jacket, which have been partially tape repaired. Some sticker shadow on the front panel. Rear panel lightly rubbed, with a light crease.. ISBN: 0025002805. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good -. PHILOSOPHY HAPPINESS SELF HELP PERSONAL GROWTH FUTURE VISION SOCIETY. more information

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2) The English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill : The Golden Age of English Philosophy
Burtt, Edwin A. (Editor)

New York: Modern Library, 1939. Shelf-worn and bumped. Jacket edge-worn and rubbed, small hole near tail of spine. Jacket in mylar. A Modern Library Giant.. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. ENGLISH PHILOSOPHY BACON MILL HUME BERKELEY LOCKE BENTHAM GAY HOBBES. more information

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3) Lingua Ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky With the Human Brain
Calvin, William H.; Bickerton, Derek

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Bradford Book/M.I.T. Press, 2000. ISBN: 0262032732. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Language Acquisition Syntax Evolution Darwin Chomsky. more information

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4) The Little Book on Racism and Politics
Dickey, R.P

Taos, New Mexico: Mohualu Press, 1990. Brown cloth, gilt titles, paper jacket with author photo on the back. Sticker shadow upper right corner of front panel. This book is made up primarily of two chapters from another manuscript by the author, Self-Liberation, in which each paragraph or dialog is set up with the graphic equation L = fw2 (squared). He calls this the spiritual equation of the universe, the natural law of liberty: "Liberty equals freedom times who you are squared with who everybody else is." 80 pages, notation in the margins throughout. The author is a former professor of English Literature and what he calls "Creative Rewriting." He has Inscribed the front free endpaper to the book's former owners.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Racism Politics Sociology Philosophy Liberation. more information

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5) Bertram Russell's Best:Silhouettes in Satire
Egner, Robert E

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1958. Previous owner bookplate. Some yellow highlighting of passages on several pages. An anthology of witticisms on a variety of topics--from education and religion to psychology and politics. 113 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bertram Russell Anthology Witticisms. more information

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6) Martin Buber's Life and Work, Three-Volume Set: The Early Years, 1878-1923; The Middle Years, 1923-1945; The Later Years, 1945-1965
Friedman, Maurice S

Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1988. ISBN: 0814319440. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. BUBER MARTIN BIOGRAPHY PHILOSOPHY. more information

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7) The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation 1930-1960
Hughes, H. Stuart

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. Shelf wear and light spotting to the page edges. Several pages near the end of the book have underlining and marginalia. Jacket is rubbed, with light edge wear. 304 pages, Index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. French Social Thought 1930 1960 Twentieth Century. more information

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8) The Great Ideas Today 1967
Hutchins, Robert M. And Mortimer J. Adler (Editors in Chief)

Chicago: William Benton, Encylopaedia Britannica, 1967. Boards show some wear, bumping. Jacket is chipped and rubbed. Interior clean. 536 pages. This edition features the symposium: Should Christianity be Secularized?. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 1960s Christianity Arts and Sciences Ideas Philosophy Religion Theology Music Art Biology. more information

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9) Reading Natural Philosophy: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics
Malament, David B

Chicago: Open Court, 2002. 424 pages, Bibliography of Howard Stein, Contributors, and Index. Illustrated with figures and diagrams.. ISBN: 0812695062. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Philosophy History Science Mathematics. more information

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10) Studies in Philosphy and the History of Philosophy, Volume 32: Modern Enlightenment and the Rule of Reason
McCarthy, John C. (Editor)

Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1998. ISBN: 0813209048. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ENLIGHTENMENT HISTORY MODERN 18TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY. more information

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11) Vortex: A Personal Quest into the Nature of What Is
Orfield, Olivia

Houston: Prism Press, 1981. ISBN: 093877400x. First Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. REALITY PHILOSOPHY POETRY POEMS. more information

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12) The Sense of Beauty
Santayana, George

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. No additional printings indicated; possible first American edition. Dark red cloth, some edge wear and rubbing. Numeral stamp to top and bottom edge. Fore-edge shows some discoloration. 275 pages, with Index.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Santayana Philosophy Art Beauty. more information

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13) One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories
Steckel, Coach Les (SIGNED)

Nashville, Tennessee: W Publishing Group, 2006. Signed: "Follow Christ Always! Les Steckel, Luke 9:23" 213 pages. ISBN: 084999148x. SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. NFL Coach Motivation Christian Faith. more information

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14) Worlds to Know : A Philosophy of Cosmic Perspectives
Tsanoff, Radoslav A. (SIGNED)

New York: Humanities Pres, 1962. Green cloth with gilt title on spine. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper from the author and his wife. A clean, solid copy. Philosophy of reality, divided into three parts: Reality as Substance, Reality as Progress: Activism, and The Reality of Values. The author was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Professor of Humanities at Rice University.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. PHILOSOPHY REALITY EVOLUTION ACTIVISM VALUES. more information

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15) Fragments of the Spirit : Nature, Violence and the Renewal of Creation
Wallace, Mark I

New York: Continuum, 1996. ISBN: 0826409032. First Edition. Fine/Fine. POSTMODERNISM PHILOSOPHY HISTORY SURVEYS MODERN. more information

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