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Published by Dover Publications, 1952
ISBN 10: 0486200108ISBN 13: 9780486200101
Seller: Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: Good.
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Published by Dover Publications
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.44.
Published by Faber and Faber, 1989
ISBN 10: 0571154441ISBN 13: 9780571154449
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Used - Very Good. First Thus. Paperback. Some wear. Very Good.
Published by Dover, New York, 1952
Seller: Alien Bindings, BALTIMORE, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Underlining in pen through p. 60. The covers look great. The binding is tight. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.
Published by Random House, 1986
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This is "Voltaire" by A. J. Ayer. In this book , one of the most distinguished living philosophers offers a stimulating, provocative analysis of one of the most intriguing figures of the eighteenth century. François-Marie Arouet, who became famous under the name of Voltaire, is remembered chiefly as the author of 'Candide', but during his lifetime he was known for his plays and his histories, his active involvement in the religious, scientific, and political controversies of the day, his often scurrilous verse which several times led to his exile, and his philosophical writings. ********************************** "The first Major study of Voltaire in some years, this covers both his flamboyant and contradictory personality - born to a well-to-do French family, he liked to claim that he was illegitimate; the product of a Jesuit education, he spent much of his life denouncing and attempting to redress the abuses of Christianity -- and the genuine contributions that he made to the intellectual life of his time. He was not, Ayer concludes, an original philosopher or scientist. But he was a man of great moral courage, with an authority that increased as he grew older; a man of wit, versatility, and pungency who impressed and influenced his contemporaries; a man who, Ayer concludes, deserves to be hailed as the standard bearer of the enlightenment." ******************************************** CHAPTERS : Preface / Life and Character / The English Influence / "Contra" Pascal and Maupertius / Voltaire's Conception of History / The "Philosophical Dictionary" / "Candide", "Zadig", and Other Tales / 'Écrasez l'infâme' / Index **************************************** TITLE : Voltaire / AUTHOR : A. J. Ayer (Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer, 1910 - 1989) / IMPRINT : Random House / PLACE : New York / DATE : (1986) / EDITION : American Reprint - First Random House Printing with number line to that effect (NB: until early in the 2000s, Random House started their number line with 2) / STATUS : OP (the book is no longer listed by the publisher) / DETAILS : Hardcover format; contains a Preface and an Index; [x] + 182 pages; approximately 6" x 9 1/8"; quarter-bound, maroon, cloth covered spine and beige paper-covered boards; spine has gilt printing; front board has author's initials stamped in blind; pictorial dust-jacket **************************** CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD -- JACKET : VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and bright with near-negligible signs of handling, and the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Clean and bright with negligible signs of handling. Text-block edges are clean. / BINDING -- Solid - tight. There is a yawn to the boards at the fore-edge (this likely a production effect.) / INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking . / JACKET -- Near negligible signs of wear ( Mild surface rub, a few insignificant dents to jacket edges).
Published by Free Press, 1966
ISBN 10: 0029011302ISBN 13: 9780029011300
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Published by Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1976
Seller: LibrairieLaLettre2, Villefranche de Lauragais, France
Broché. Condition: Bon état. in-8 194 pp. Langue : Français/Anglais Nb de volumes : 1.
Published by London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986
ISBN 10: 0297788809ISBN 13: 9780297788805
Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper faintly faded at spine.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth Middlesex, 1984
ISBN 10: 014021982XISBN 13: 9780140219821
Seller: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus 6th Printing. Light Creasing on Front Cover; Moderate Creasing on Rear Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SYNOPSIS: In this book (writes the author) I have attempted not only to interest those who are already familiar with the questions with which it deals, but also to provide an introduction to the subject for the general reader. Among the topics which the book covers are: the nature of philosophy, varieties of philosophical analysis, theory of knowledge, status of physical objects, relations between body and mind, character of scientific explanation, theory of probability, elements of logic and the claims of theology. Although it ranges more widely, the book invites comparison with Bertrand Russell's The Problems of Philosophy (1912). It is written from a similar philosophical standpoint, but it also reflects the important developments in many branches of the subject which have come about since that date. Sir Alfred Ayer was born in 1910 and educated as a King's Scholar at Eton and as a classical scholar at Christ Church, Oxford. After spending a short period at the University of Vienna, he became Lecturer in Philosophy at Christ Church in 1933, and Research Student in 1935. In 1940 he joined the Welsh Guards, but was employed for most of the War in Military Intelligence. He returned to Oxford in 1945 as Fellow and Dean of Wadham College. From 1946 to 1959 he was Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic in the University of London. He was Wykeham Professor of Logic in the University of Oxford, and was a Fellow of New College, Oxford, from 1959 until 1978. Since 1978 he has been a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. In addition he is a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of Wadham College, and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; he holds an honorary degree from the University of Brussels and an Hon. D. Litt. From the Universities of East Anglia and London. His other principal publications are Language, Truth and Logic; The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge; Philosophical Essays; The Problem of Knowledge; The Concept of a Person; The Origins of Pragmatism; Metaphysics and Common Sense; Russell and Moore: The Analytical Heritage; Probability and Evidence, and Bertrand Russell. He has also contributed articles to philosophical and literary journals. Sir Alfred was knighted in 1970. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Praeger, 1978
ISBN 10: 0313204624ISBN 13: 9780313204623
Seller: Harmonium Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback; no jacket; unmarked; ex-library; boards good.
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Published by University of Chicago Press, 1988
ISBN 10: 0226033430ISBN 13: 9780226033433
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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