Search Results: Philosophy from Monkey House Books

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego, 2009. Softcover. Fine. Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture series, printed copy of a lecture delivered March 25, 2009. 63 pages. Includes interview. Ambassador, formerly U.N. Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Darfur and Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs.

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Political and philosophical dialogue between two 20th century humanists, with thoughtful and reasoned discourse on the tangled world of the 1960s. Both men were eminent lawyers and discussed the pressing issues of the day. Signed and inscribed on the ffep by Ernst; inscription refers to voting in the June 23 Primary. Privately printed, 123 pages. Wear & small tears to jacket. Ernst, 1888-1976, was an attorney for the ACLU who promoted the right to privacy and freedom from censorship.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1959 [1947]. Softcover. Good. Translated by Ronald Gregor Smith. Includes 5 works written in the 1920s-30s: Dialogue; The Question to the Single One; Education; The Education of Character; What is Man? 211 pages, general wear, text clean.

Wesleyan University Press, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. A young Camus spells out his political philosophy, thoughts on the French Resistance, socialism, and the future government of France. 167 pages, selected and translated by Alexandre de Gramont. Foreword by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl. Previous owner's initials in pencil, very light edgewear.

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. A scientist and theologian explores the ethical issues surrounding the development of the atomic bomb. 112 pages. Endpapers darkening, some wear & tear to jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Dark green cloth boards, gilt & green decorated cover & spine. Fair./No Dust Jacket. 3 early pages of Book I are torn and have brief losses of text. 537 pages, uncut edges, some unopened. Some wear and chipping to covers.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. Softcover, trade paperback. Very Good. Offers up works of classical philosophy for application to modern issues and personal problems, such as unpopularity, not enough money, broken hearts, etc. 265 pages. Light general wear.

New York: G. E. Stechert & Co., 1938. Rust-colored boards, gilt-stamped spine. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 247 pages, unmarked but edges spotted. Introduction from 1877 edition. Index. Light wear for its age. Examines Catullus' works plus a brief essay on Catullus and Horace.

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, [no date]. Hardcover, decorative boards. Very Good/No Jacket. In a New Edition by the Peter Pauper Press. 228 pages. Includes glossary of archaic words and phrases.

1999. Softcover. Very Good. Includes The Trial and Death of Socrates, selections from other dialogues, The Laws, etc. 1323 pages. Introduction by Alain de Botton. Translated by Benjamin Jowett with William J. Knight. Spine crease, light edgewear to covers.

New York: Eaton & Mains, 1899. Green cloth, white decorated cover and spine. Good Minus./No Dust Jacket. Front hinge cracked, owner's stamp on fep. 380 pages, index. Characteristics of great historical figures, thinkers, builders, pondering the larger issues of truth and purpose, love, power, faith, etc. Even includes a few women. Plate portraits of great historical figures. Chipped, ends and corners worn.

Princeton University Press, 1998. Softcover. Good. Includes essays by Michael Walzer and others. Explains the relationships between Judaism, feminism, and other philosophies and peace politics. 286 pages, index. Minor cover wear, brief pink highlighting. Political science, political philosophy.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. 2nd Edition. Hardcover, maroon cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover & spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Explores major themes or segments of Western philosophy: I- The Epicurean Pursuit of Pleasure; II- Stoic Self-Control by Law; III- The Platonic Subordination of Lower to Higher; IV- The Aristotelian Sense of Proportion; and V- The Christian Spirit of Love. 296 pages, new preface by the author, index. Originally published 1904, author was president of Bowdoin College. Spine gilt worn, front hinge cracked, ends & corners bumped.

Leesburg, Virginia: Goose Creek Productions, 2001. Hardcover, brown leather. Fine. 18th century etiquette from the Commander of the Continental Army and First President of the United States. Complete with the original French text and new French to English translations by John T. Phillips II. Collector's Classic Edition. Revised 2nd printing. 128 pages. Original Colonial Williamsburg sticker on back.

New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Box condition good. Volume I, The Age of Belief: The Medieval Philosophers, edited by Anne Fremantle. Volume II, The Age of Adventure: The Renaissance Philosophers, edited by Georgio de Santillana. Volume III, The Age of Reason: The Seventeenth Century Philosophers, edited by Stuart Hampshire. Volume IV, The Age of Enlightenment: The Eighteenth Century Philosophers, edited by Isaiah Berlin. Volume V, The Age of Ideology: The 19th Century Philosophers, edited by Henry D. Aiken. Volume VI, The Age of Analysis: Twentieth Century Philosophers, edited by Morton White. Volumes very good, box condition good only, worn and cracked.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. Gray-green paper boards. Good/Dust Jacket condition Good . 33 pages, paper jacket. Cover label applied. Address delivered October 10, 1923. Front hinge cracked.

New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 55 Fifth Avenue, 1927. Red cloth, blind-stamped cover, gilt-stamped spine (darkened).. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. First edition, so stated. Introductory note by John Dewey. 287 pages, lightly toned but unmarked. Light wear to covers.

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego, 2008. Softcover. Fine. Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture series, printed copy of a lecture delivered September 24, 2008. Series Editor Emiko Noma. 77 pages. Former U. N. Commissioner for Human Rights, also an interview.

New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1910. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. "The Most Important Question in the World."" Measuring progress by genius, morals, mysticism, etc. 302 pages, top edge gilt. Foredge area of both covers bleached. Very brief pencil marginalia in the conclusion, otherwise unmarked. Ends and corners bumped and worn.

Birmingham, Alabama: Palladium Press, 2004. Red leather, gilt-stamped spine. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as issued. American Heritage Library, privately printed for members of the National Rifle Association. Introduction by Wayne LaPierre. Special edition, selected and arranged by John Dewey. Facsimile of 1940 David McKay Company edition. Clean, bright and tight. 191 pages.