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  • Patterson, Annabel.
    READING BETWEEN THE LINES.

    Edition: 2nd printing. Trade paperback.

    Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. (1993.). An innovative look at why we should still read the 'white, male, canonical writers of antiquity and early England.' As one review said 'even those who disagree with Patterson's arguments will respect the extraordinary ease with which she crosses the boundaries between the disciplines of history and literary studies.' 339 pp with index. ISBN: 0-299-135446.

    Condition: Fine condition. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in.

    Book ID: 28084
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  • NIHILISM: A Philosophical Essay. by Rosen, Stanley (1929-1914)
    Rosen, Stanley (1929-1914)
    NIHILISM: A Philosophical Essay.

    Edition: First printing.

    New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1969. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second (and probably most influential) book, an attack on contemporary philosophical and political nihilism. The book begins by reflecting on the consequences of the separation of the conception of reason from the conception of good in modern rationalism, which took the value-neutral science of mathematics as its model. It follows from this separation that reason can say nothing about its own goodness, or that the assertion of goodness is necessarily non-rational. However, he argues forcefully for the goodness of reason, and suggests a return to the ideas of Plato. Rosen is noted in his writings as relying as much as possible on non-technical language…

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    New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1969. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second (and probably most influential) book, an attack on contemporary philosophical and political nihilism. The book begins by reflecting on the consequences of the separation of the conception of reason from the conception of good in modern rationalism, which took the value-neutral science of mathematics as its model. It follows from this separation that reason can say nothing about its own goodness, or that the assertion of goodness is necessarily non-rational. However, he argues forcefully for the goodness of reason, and suggests a return to the ideas of Plato. Rosen is noted in his writings as relying as much as possible on non-technical language - this "reflects his conviction that ordinary experience is the basis of the intelligibility of philosophy." SIGNED on the title page. Uncommon in the first edition, and especially so signed. 241 pp.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (name on front endpaper, some very light spots of foxing on the last few pages, but overall a very tight and clean copy)

    Book ID: 66997
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  • THE FLOOD FROM HEAVEN: Deciphering the Atlantis Legend. by Zangger, Eberhard.
    Zangger, Eberhard.
    THE FLOOD FROM HEAVEN: Deciphering the Atlantis Legend.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Morrow, (1992.) dj. Hardcover - A different interpretation of the Atlantis myth - one which contends that Plato's tale of a lost advanced civilization is actually the retelling of an ancient Egyptioan account of the Trojan War.Illustrated with photographs and drawings.Extensive notes, bibliography, index. 256 pp.,. ISBN: 0-688-113508.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 51412
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