THE SEARCHING MIND OF GREECE
by John M. Warbeke
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: F. S. Crofts & Co, 1931. First Edition, 2nd Printing, 1931 . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Near New w/faint creasings to pg 80. Gilt embossed indigo linen boards/VG w/trace edge & surface wear. DJ/None. PO name, dated 1932, to fEP. Greece's journey towards enlightenment. Dominent, reocurring concerns include the state as an ethical agency, love of knowledge, devotion to "theory", and insatiable curiosity. A study of Greek concern for Beauty, Justice and Truth and how their ideas influence contemporary Western thought of the 1930s. Professor John Martyn Warbeke (1879-1950) taught at Amherst as well as Mount Holyoke College. 464 pgs, in 33 chapters, 3 parts: Part I. The Quest for Mechanism; II, The Quest for Purpose Dominant; and III, The Quest for a Way of Life.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018741
- Title
- THE SEARCHING MIND OF GREECE
- Author
- John M. Warbeke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing, 1931
- Publisher
- F. S. Crofts & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Philosophy/Greek Thought/History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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