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Faye, Eugene de . IDEALISM ET REALISME, UNE APPLICATION AUX PROBLEMES D'APRES-GUERRE DES IDEES POLITIQUES ET SOCIALES DE PLATON AND D'ARISTOTLE.
Paris 1920 1st Bossard. In French. 8vo., 259pp., wraps. Good, new paper spine, leaves browned. (a1355)
$35.00Greenwood, Thomas. LES FONDEMENTS DE LA LOGIQUE SYMBOLIQUE 1: CRITIQUE DU NOMINALISME LOGISTIQUE
Paris 1938 Hermann. In French. 8vo., 66pp., wraps. VG. Volume 1. (a13998)
$20.00 Hemsterhuis, Francois . LETTRE SUR L'HOMME ET SES RAPPORTS AVEC LE COMMENTAIRE INEDIT DE DIDEROT
New Haven 1964 Yale. In French. Sm.4to., 521pp., hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a14008)
$28.00 Piat, Clodius . LEIBNIZ
Paris 1915 Alcan. In French, 8vo., 375pp., original wraps rebound in later wraps. Good, leaves lightly browned around all edges. (a17482)
$50.00de Chardin, P. Teilhard. LES SINGULARITIES DE L'ESPECE HUMAINE
Paris 1955 Masson. In French. Annales de Paleontologie Tome XLI. 4to., 52p. 5 figures, later wraps. Near Fine. (a17621)
$35.00 Russell, Bertrand . L'INDIVIDU ET L'ETAT MODERNE
Paris 1949. About half of a single issue of Bulletin de la Societe Francaise de Philosophie, April-June 1949. Includes George Lukacs, Les Nouveaux Problemes de la Recherche Hegelienne. In French. 8vo., pp. 81-100, wraps. VG, brown with age but not brittle. (a18769a)
$40.00 Lukacs, George . LES NOUVEAUX PROBLEMES DE LA RECHERCHE HEGELIENNE
Paris 1949. Article is about half of one issue of Bulletin de la Societe Francaise de Philosophie, April-June 1949. In French. 8vo., pp. 54-80, wraps. Good, browned with age but not brittle. (a18769b)
$29.00 Destouches, Jean Louis . LES THEORIE PHYSIQUE ET SES PRINCIPES FONDAMENTAUX
Paris 1948. In Bulletin de la Societe Francaise de Philosophie, January-March 1948. In French. Octavo, pp.1-48, wraps. Includes R. P. Festugiere La Religion de Platon dans L'Epinomis. Good, cover a bit worn and faded; text toned. (a18772)
$45.00 Laporte, Jean . LA PENSEE ABSTRAITE
Paris 1947. In Bulletin de la Societe Francaise de Philosophie, January-March 1947. Octavo, pp.1-39, wraps. In French. Good, brown with age, wraps a bit chipped. (a18778)
$37.00 Husserl, Edmund . RECHERCHES LOGIQUES TOME SECOND : RECHERCHES POUR LA PHENOMENOLOGIE ET LA THEORIE DE LA CONNAISSANCE (In 2 parts)
Paris 1961, 1962 Presses Universitaires de France. 2 volumes. Translated from the German by Hubert Elie. In French. Sm8vo., 284pp, 378pp., wraps. VG., horizontal crease on front cover vol 2. The set: (a19835)
$85.00 Biran, Main De . JOURNAL
Neuchatel 1954-1957. Edition integrale publiee par Herni Gouhier. In French. 3 volumes, Fevrier 1814- 31 Decembre 1816, 252pp., 1e Janvier 1817-17 Mai 1824, 430pp., Agendas, Carnets et Notes, 320pp., index. 8vo., wraps. Unopened. Near Fine. (a24547)
$200.00 Berthelot, M. . SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHIE
Paris 1886 Calmann Levy. 8vo., 492pp. Cloth spine with gilt lettering; green marbled boards. Near Good, some foxing in text, paper inside front hinge cracking but binding still secure , no ownership marks. Original book not a reprint. (a25029)
$40.00 Levinas, E. . THEORIE DE L'INTUITION DANS LA PHENOMENOLOGIE DE HUSSERL
Paris 1963 Nouvelle edition conforme a la premier. In French. Octavo, 223pp., wraps. Largely uncut. VG, small stain on front blank. (a26076)
$45.00Loreau, Max. LA GENESE DU PHENOMENE LE PHENOMENE, LE LOGOS , L'ORIGINE
Paris 1989 Les Editions de Minuit. 8vo., 534pp., wraps. In French. Near Fine. (a28171)
$33.00 Fages, J. B. . COMPRENDRE LE STRUCTURALISME
Toulouse 1968. In French. Sm.8vo., 124pp., wraps. VG. (a29443)
$35.00De Waelhens, Alphonse. LA PHILOSOPHIE ET LES EXPERIENCES NATURELLES
La Haye 1961 Nijhoff. Phaenomenologica 9. Hardcover octavo., 211pp. Fine in VG DJ. (a30870)
$25.00 Vial, Fernand . UNE PHILOSOPHIE ET UNE MORALE DU SENTIMENT LUC DE CLAPIERS MARQUIS DE VAUVENARGUES
Paris 1938 Droz. In French. Sm.4to., 299pp., original printed wraps. Good plus. No ownership marks. (a30887)
$75.00 Chang, Matthieu . VALEUR, PERSONNE ET AMOUR CHEZ MAX SCHELER
Louvain 1971. In Revue Philosophique de Louvain, Tome 69, Quatrieme Serie Numbers 1 and 2, Fevrier, Mai 1971, at pp.44-72, 216-249. In French. Issues have several articles. 8vo., wraps. Ownership stamp on front. VG. 2 separate issues: (a31222a)
$45.00 Ladriere, Jean . LANGUAGE SCIENTIFIQUE ET LANGUAGE SPECULATIF
Louvain 1971. In Revue Philosophique de Louvain, Tome 69, Quatrieme Serie Numbers 1 and 2, Fevrier, Mai 1971, at pp.92-132, 250-282. In French. Issues have several articles. 8vo., wraps. Ownership stamp on front. VG. 2 separate issues: (a31222b)
$45.00 Saraiva, Maria Maulea . L'IMAGINATION SELON HUSSERL
La Haye 1970 Nijhoff. In French. 8vo., 280pp., index. Lacking front blank, opens to halftitle. VG in Good DJ, light soiling, light wear. (a32337)
$40.00 Hardy, J. . ARISTOTE POETIQUE TEXTE ETABLI ET TRADUIT
Paris 1932 Societe d'Edition. Sm.8vo., 99pp., wraps. 99p. In Greek and in French. Good. text toned. (a32375)
$20.00 (philosophy) . STUDIA PHILOSOPHICA JAHRBUCH DER SCHWEIZERISCHEN PHILOSOPHISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT VOL. XXXVI
Basel 1976. 8vo., 283pp. 12 essays. In German or French. Fine. (a33200a)
$45.00 de Muralt, Andre . LA CONNAISSANCE INTUITIVE DU NEANT ET L'EVIDENCE DU 'JE PENSE'
Basel 1976. In Studia Philosophica, Jahrbuch de Schweizerischen Philosophischen Gesellschaft, Volume XXXVI at pp. 107-158. In French. Whole volume has 12 essays. 8vo., 283pp. Fine. (a33200b)
$45.00 Azais, Pierre Hyacinthe . SYSTEME UNIVERSEL
Paris 1810 Leblanc Garnery. 2 volumes. Sm8vo., 442pp., 253pp. Vol. 1, Application de la Cause universelle a la formation au aux movemens des Etres inorganises; Vol. 2, Application de la Cause universelle aux movemens de grands Corps. Philosophy of Natural history, Astronomy and Geology. 1/2 leather and marbled boards. 'Withdrawn' on ownership bookplates in each volume. Good, heels of spines rubbed, light wear, fraying on spine ends, corners worn. Set of 2 volumes: (a34085)
$190.00 Forthomme, Bernard and Jad Hatem . LA CHARITE DE L'INFINITESIMAL
Paris 1994. In French. Sm.8vo., 95pp., wraps. Near Fine. (a36714)
$24.00Liebert, Dr. Arthur. PHILOSOPHIA PHILOSOPHORUM NOSTRI TEMPORIS VOX UNIVERSA
Beograd 1938. Vol. 3, Fasc. 1-4 of Journal "Philosophia". Numerous articles on Philosophy, Religion, Hyamnis etc. in English, French or German. Lg.8vo., 621pp., wraps. Many pages as yet unopened (if you require them opened, let us know). Good, wraps a bit worn, soiled, spine head chipped. (a36978)
$85.00 Cailliet, Emile . LA TRADITION LITTERAIRE DES IDEOLOGUES
Philadelphia 1943 1st American Philosophical Society Vol. XIX. 8vo., 322pp., index, wraps. Good plus, ink numbers on front cover and bookplate of institute inside cover. (a3779)
$28.00 Barthelemy-Saint-Hillaire, J. . DE LA METAPHYSIQUE SA NATURE ET SES DROITS DANS SES RAPPORTS AVEC LA RELIGION ET LE SCIENCE PUR SERVIR D'INTRODUCTION A LA METAPHYSIQUE D'ARISTOTE
Paris 1879. In French. Sm.8vo., 190pp., 3/4 cloth and marbled boards. University bookplate and smll bookshop label inside front cover, stamp on base of spine and on verso of title page. Near Good, spine ends worn and chipped, boards worn. (a38735)
$45.00 Pauwels, Louis et al (editors) . L'HOMME ET SON MESSAGE: RENE GUENON; HENRY MILLER; MOUNIER; G. JUNG; KRISHNAMURTI; ANTONIN ARTAUD
Paris 1970, 1971. 6 issues of Planete Plus, a monthy journal. April, June, October, December 1970 and February 1971. In French. 8vo., about 140pp. per issue, stiff wraps. VG. Set of 6 issues: (a43424)
$80.00 De Fraine, J. SJ . LA BIBLE ET L'ORIGINE DE L'HOMME
Bruxelles 1961 Desclee de Brouwer. In French. Hardcover. 12mo., 125pp., cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a43462)
$25.00 Mani, Paul . LE ZOUAVE GODEFROY DEMERS FRERE BRUNO
Montreal 1968 Ateliers des Sourds. In French. Octavo, 172pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a43467)
$30.00De Chardin, Pierre Teilhard. L'AVENIR DE L'HOMME
Paris 1959 Du Seuil. Volume 5 in series 'Oeuvres de Chardin.' In French. 8vo., 405pp., wraps. Long owner inscription on front end paper. Good, leaves lightly browned. (a43495)
$25.00De Chardin, Pierre Teilhard. L'APPARTION DE L'HOMME
Paris 1956 Du Seuil. Volume 2 in series 'Oeuvres de Chardin.' In French. 8vo., 375pp., wraps. Good, leaves lightly browned. (a43496)
$25.00 Chwistek, Leon . LA METHODE GENERALE DES SCIENCES POSITIVES L'ESPRIT DE LA SEMANTIQUE
Paris 1946 Hermann. Actualites Scientifiques et Industrielles 1014; Logique et Methodologie VI. In French. Lg.8vo., 42pp., printed wraps. VG. (a45569)
$35.00 Cousin, Victor . DU VRAI DU BEAU & DU BIEN
Paris 1872 Didier, Dix-Septieme edition. Chapters on: La Philosophie au XIXe Siecle, Du Mysticisme, L'Art, La Morale. Hardcover. In French. Octavo., 496pp., frontis portrait of Cousin, original full blue leather with gilt trim on spine. College name and logo in gilt on front. Good, spine ends lightly frayed, corners somewhat worn, light browning in margins of text pages, wearing along outer hinges. Binding secure. (a48370)
$88.00 Beaufret, Jean . DIALOGUE AVEC HEIDEGGER PHILOSOPHIE GRECQUE
Paris 1973 Les Editions de Minuit. In French. 8vo., 145pp., wraps. VG, ligvht wear. (a49703)
$45.00Harper, Henry H.. VOLTAIRE
no place, n.d. (c.1910). Printed exclusively for members of the bibliophile Society. 8vo., 71pp., wraps. Good, cover somewhat worn; binding secure; text clean. no owner marks. (a50618)
$27.00Barthes, Roland. CRITIQUE ET VERITE - ESSAI
Paris 1966 Editions du Seuil. In French. 12mo., 78pp., wraps. Good plus, wraps a bit soiled, tiny chip on lower corner of rear wrap. (a51361)
$22.00 Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph . SYSTEME DES CONTRADICTIONS ECONOMIQUES OU PHILOSOPHIE DE LA MISERE VOLUME 1
Paris 1846 first edition Guillaumin. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 435pp., original blue patterned paper covered boards with grey cloth spine. Good, one leaf lightly creased, one leaf has closed tear (no loss), edges of cover and corners worn and backstrip lightly soiled. Volume 1 only. (a51949)
$350.00 Schopenhauer, Arthur . PENSEES ET FRAGMENTS; ECRIVAINS ET STYLE
Paris 1913, 1908. Later editions. Translated into French. Sm.8vo., 231pp., 189pp., 3/4 cloth with marbled boards. VG. (a53088)
$45.00 Parodi, D. . LE PROBLEME MORAL DET LA PENSEE CONTEMPORAINE
Paris 1921 Alcan. 2nd, revue et augmentee. In French. 8vo., 300pp., later cloth. Good, leaves very slightly browned, cover rubbed and two pinhole chips in backstrip. (a53097)
$40.00 Crowley, Francis J. . VOLTAIRE'S POEME SUR LA LOI NATURELLE A CRITICAL EDITION
Berkeley 1938 University of California. In English. 8vo., pp.177-304, original wraps. Inscribed and signed by Crowley. VG. (a54286)
$50.00 Jankelevitch, Vladimir . PHILOSOPHIE PREMIERE INTRODUCTION A UNE PHILOSOPHIE DE PRESQUE
Paris 1954. In French. 8vo., 268pp., wraps. Unopened. Good, light wear, leaves browned. (a55296)
$40.00 Havens, George R. . TWELVE NEW LETTERS OF VOLTAIRE TO GABRIEL CRAMER
1040. Offprint from Romanic Review. 8vo., pp.341-354, wraps. Inscribed and signed by Havens on the front. VG, some fading on the front wrap. (a55559)
$35.00 Jullien, M. A. . ESSAI SUR L'EMPLOI DU TEMS; OU METHODE QUI A POUR OBJET DE BIEN REGLER D'EMPLOI DU TEMS PREMIER MOYEN D'ETRE HEUREUX DESTINEE SPECIALEMENT A L'USAGE DES JEUNES GEN DE 15 A 25 ANS.
Paris 1810 2nd Didot. Brunet 3882. In French. 8vo., 348pp., original wraps. Good, edges of wraps worn. (a563)
$75.00 de Broglie, Vitus SJ . DE FINE ULTIMO HUMANAE VITAE TRACTATUS THEOLOGICUS
Paris 1948 Beauchesne. In Latin. Sm.4to., 299pp., original wraps. Good, leaves browned (not brittle), light wear. (a58753)
$45.00 Steenberghen, Fernand van . ONTOLOGIE
Louvain 1946 1st L'Institut Superieur de Philosophie. In French. 8vo., 224pp., 3/4 cloth with marbled boards. Good, leaves browned (not brittle). Institution stamp on top and bottom fore-edge, neat pocket at rear. Two light underlines on title page. VG, leaves browned but not brittle. (a59279)
$25.00 Joseph, Gaston . L'AME D'UN EMPIRE
Paris 1944 1st La Nouvelle Edition. In French. Sm.4to., 272pp., original wraps. Good, spine chipped, leaves moderately browned (not brittle). (a59598)
$35.00 Sakurasawa-Ohsawa, G. . LE CANCER ET LA PHILOSOPHIE D'EXTREME-ORIENT
Paris 1964. In French. Octavo, 191pp., wraps. VG. (a63638)
$25.00 Blondel, Maurice . L'ACTION TOME II - L'ACTION HUMAINE ET LES CONDITIONS DE SON ABOUTISSEMENT
Paris 1937 1st Alcan. In French. Octavo, 557pp., 3/4 faux leather hardcover with blue marbled boards, raised bands on spine. VG. Part of two volume set but this volume is complete in itself. (a63779)
$45.00 Lamy, P B de l'Oratoire . ENTRETIENS SUR LES SCIENCES
Lyon 1694 Jean Certe. 12mo., (24p.), 400pp., (32pp.), full leather. Institution stamp on title page, faint residue of label at heel of spine. Front board present but detached. Opens to a reconstructed title page which is composed of the original half title and the lower half of the original title page. Three index pages at end lacks lower corner (no loss of text). Cover rubbed and only about half of original mounted spine label remains. Sold as described. (a64279)
$350.00 Sextus Empiricus . LE HIPOTIPOSES OU INSTITUTIONS PIRRONIENNES EN TROIS LIVRES
1725 Amsterdam. Traduites du Grec (par Huart) Avec des notes qui expliquent le texte en plusieurs endroits. Hardcover. In French. 12mo., 434pp., title page lettering in red and black, small vignette on title pages, full page frontis portrait of Sextus, full leather with gilt-decorated spine. Good, outer hinges cracked. Binding secure. No ownership marks. (a64561)
$400.00 Faye, Eugene de . GNOSTIQUES ET GNOSTICISME ETUDE CRITIQUE DES DOCUMENTS DU GNOSTICISME CHRETIEN AUX IIe ET IIIe SIECLES
Paris 1925 - 2e Edition Augmentee. Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. In French. Sm.4to., 543pp., blue cloth hardcover. VG, some fading and discoloration of cover. (a64912)
$275.00Vaes, Guy. LE REGARD ROMANESQUE - QUATRE CONFERENCES
1987 Louvain-la-Neuve. In French. Octavo, 91pp., original stiff wraps. VG, light cover wear. (a65427)
$35.00 Renan, Ernest . ESSAIS DE MORALE ET DE CRITIQUE
Paris 1860 deuxieme Michel Levy Freres.In French. Octavo, 456pp., original wraps. Title neatly written in ink on spine. VG plus. (a66397)
$63.00 Hirzel, M. . LE SOCRATE RUSTIQUE, OU DESCRIPTION DE LA CONDUITE �CONOMIQUE & MORALE D'UN PAYSAN PHILOSOPHE
Zurich 1764 2nd corrigee & augmentee, Heideggeur & Compagnie. In French. 12mo., 408pp., full leather with colorful marbled end papers. Good, cover quite rubbed and worn. (a66533)
$600.00 Herder, J. G. . PHILOSOPHIE DE L'HISTOIRE DE L'HUMANITE (3 VOLUMES COMPLETE))
Paris/Bruxelles1861 Didot Frere/Verboeckhoven. Traduction de l'Allemand par Emile Tandel. 3 volumes. Octavo, 356pp., 372pp., (4), 411pp., wraps. Good plus. 3 volumes. (a66617)
$200.00 Brunner, Fernand . ETUDES SUR LA SIGNIFICATION HISTORIQUE DE LA PHILOSOPHIE DE LEIBNIZ
Paris 1951 Vrin. In French. Sm.4to., 325pp., original printed wraps. Good, lightly browned throughout. (a66984)
$24.00 Van der Leeuw, G . LA RELIGION DANS SON ESSENCE ET SES MANIFESTATIONS - PHENOMENOLOGIE DE LA RELIGION
Paris 1948 1st Payot. In French. Octavo, 692pp., later wraps. VG. (a66987)
$55.00 Gonseth, F. . PHILOSOPHIE MATHEMATIQUE
Paris 1939 1st Hermann. In French. Sm.4to., 100pp., original front wrap bound in later wraps.Signed by owner (Samuel Skulsky) on top of title page. VG. (a69859)
$44.00 Nys, D. . LA NOTION D'ESPACE
Bruxelles 1922 1st Robert Sand. In French. Hardcover. Large octavo, 446pp., hardcover.Several old university stamps on initial pages and numbers on end paper. VG. (a70201)
$98.00 Letourneau, Ch. . L'EVOLUTION DE LA MORALE
1884. Article at pp. 871-905, removed from Bulletins de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris, rebound in later wraps. VG. (a70894)
$45.00Letourneau, Ch.. L'EVOLUTION DE LA MORALE
1884.p 871-905. Article removed from Bulletins de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris, rebound in later wraps. VG. (a70895)
$45.00 Fouillee, Alfred . L'AVENIR DE LA METAPHYSIQUE FONDEE SUR L'EXPERIENCE
Paris 1889 1st Felix Alcan. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 340pp., tan cloth with mounted spine label. Danish institute stamp on bottom edge of half title and final page. VG, a few pages browned. (a71910)
$125.00