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Dover Publications. 1955. Paperback. UsedGood. Softcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; otherwise contents in good co ndition with clean text, firm binding. .

Dover, 1955. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. Trade Pbk. Unmarked, Clean And Solid Copy. Covers In Black With White And Blue..

Dover Publications, 1955. Softcover. Very Good. 5x0x8. In Very Good+ condition. In this work, Santayana analyzes the nature of the knowing process and demonstrates by means of clear, powerful arguments how we know and what validates our knowledge. The central concept of his philosophy is found in a careful discrimination between the awareness of objects independent of our perception and the awareness of essences attributed to objects by our mind, or between what Santayana calls the realm of existents and the realm of subsistents. Since we can never be certain that these attributes actually inhere in a substratum of existents, skepticism is established as a form of belief, but animal faith is shown to be a necessary quality of the human mind. Without this faith there could be no rational approach to the necessary problem of understanding and surviving in this world.Santayana derives this practical philosophy from a wide and fascinating variety of sources. He considers critically the positions of such… Read More

NY: Dover Publications, 1955. lite rubbing at edges/spine; 314 cleanh, unmarkef pages; First Edition, Thus. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 12 Vo; 1 Pound.

New York: Dover Publications, 1955. Reprint. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. About Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unabridged republication work fist pub. 1923. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. About Fine w/edgewear, else Fine and unmarked. x, 314pp inc. Index.

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Dover Publications, 1955. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library with usual marks. Paperback that has been library-bound to hardback. Original cover intact. Surface tear on inside back cover. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

New York: Dover Publications Inc.. 314pp paperback, reprinted, light pencil annotation . Fair. Soft cover. 2003.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1923, hardcover with maroon cloth boards, octavo, 314pp., not illustrated. Book VG with wear to spine ends and corners, spine gilt worn and dulled, toning to spine, binding mostly tight, otherwise text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.

New York: Dover Publications Inc.. 314pp paperback, reprinted, light pencil annotation, undated reprint of 1955 issue . Fair. Soft cover. 1990.

NY: Scribner, nd (1929). Wine red cloth. Fairly heavy foxing, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj. 8vo. 3rd impression

London: Constable, 1924. Small stain to one cover corner.. Second Impression. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Clack Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 328 pages. 8.58x5.83x1.02 inches.

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