Dominations and Powers. Reflections on Liberty, Society and Government [INSCRIBED BY SIDNEY JANIS]
by Santayana, George
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. xv, 481pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Missing dustjacket. Inscribed to art historian Karl With by New York gallerist Sidney Janis, signed Janis on front free endpaper; famed New York philanthropist and gallerist.
In Dominations and Powers Santayana deliberates on the individual in society and the governing entities; topics as relevant today as in the 1950s. First book: The generative order of society. Second: The militant order of society. Third: The rational order of society.
"Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, George Santayana is a principal figure in Classical American Philosophy. His naturalism and emphasis on creative imagination were harbingers of important intellectual turns on both sides of the Atlantic." (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Very light wear along edges of binding. Block with some light sunning along edges and lightly age-toned.
In Dominations and Powers Santayana deliberates on the individual in society and the governing entities; topics as relevant today as in the 1950s. First book: The generative order of society. Second: The militant order of society. Third: The rational order of society.
"Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, George Santayana is a principal figure in Classical American Philosophy. His naturalism and emphasis on creative imagination were harbingers of important intellectual turns on both sides of the Atlantic." (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Very light wear along edges of binding. Block with some light sunning along edges and lightly age-toned.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53539
- Title
- Dominations and Powers. Reflections on Liberty, Society and Government [INSCRIBED BY SIDNEY JANIS]
- Author
- Santayana, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Chaos, Naturalism, Jungle, economy, art, liberal arts, society, militancy,
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