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London, UK Ernest Benn, 1932. Hardcover First Edition (1932), so stated. First Edition (1932), so stated. Very Good: shows mild scuffing to the lower outside quadrants of both panels; light wear to the extremities with a touch of crimp to the head and heel of the backstrip; sparse pencil marginalia and a few pages show pencil margin lines; the expected light tanning to the text pages; the binding leans slightly but remains secure. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, showing mild wear and minor cosmetic flaws - and of course the pencil work. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.75 x 1 inches). xii, 336 pages. Language: English. Weight: 19 ounces. Leaders of Philosophy Series. Brown cloth with gilt titles at the backstrip. Hardback with DJ. This Anglo-Irish philosopher's primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as " by others). This theory denies the existence of material substance and instead contends that familiar objects like tables and chairs are ideas perceived by the mind and, as a result, cannot exist without being perceived. George Dawes Hicks FBA (1862 – 1941) was a British philosopher who was the first professor of moral philosophy at University College, London from 1904 until 1928 and professor emeritus thereafter until his death. Having already been secretary of the Aristotelian Society for many years, Hicks was made its president in 1913 and was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1927.