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Images of Man. Selected Readings in Arts and Ideas in Western Civilization.

THOMAS, SIDNEY. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc, 1972. 0030813933. Includes sections on The Classical Period; The Medieval Period; The Renaissance; The Baroque and Rococo Periods; The Revolutionary Period. Pp.xvi/426. Paperback, covers rubbed with corner creasing. G+.

Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough / Bemerkungen Uber Frazers Golden Bough.

WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG/ RHEES, RUSH (EDITOR). · 1990 · Chilton Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Doncaster: Brynmill, 1990. 0391029525. Wittgenstein's comments on Sir James Frazer's The Golden Bough, a Study in Mafic and Religion. German and English translation (by A.C. Miles) on facing pages (18 pages each). Paperback. has slight uneven sunning. Scarce. VG..

Immanuel Kant. His Life and Doctrine.

PAULSEN, FRIEDRICH. · 1902 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London: John C.Nimmo, 1902. Translated from the revised German edition by J.E.Creighton and Albert Lefevre, Pp.xx/419, portrait frontispiece + folding facsimile of letter of Kant to his brother, 1792. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine dulled. Good.

A History of Twelfth-Century Western Philosophy.

DRONKE, PETER. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 0521258960. 1st edition. "After a discussion of the cultural context of twelfth-century speculation, and some of the main streams of though - Platonic, Stoic and Arabic - that quickened it, comes a characterisation of the new proble...

The Philosophy of Avicenna and its Influence on Medieval Europe.

GOICHON, A.M./ KHAN, M.S.(TRANSLATOR). · 1969 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1969. "An English translation of A.M.Goichon's French book on Avicenna, the famous philosopher and physician, who has exercised a profound and lasting influence on the history of thought in the East and the West..The book is based entirely on the or...

The Wisdom of Confucius.

CONFUCIUS. · 1909 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Gay and Hancock Ltd, 1909. "Confucius was one of the most illustrious thinkers whose names have been inscribed upon the scroll of antiquity". Pp.viii/161/15(publisher's catalogue), gift message and name to front free endpaper, a few minor marginal spots. Brown decorate...

Psychological Aspects of Spiritual Development.

O'BRIEN, REV. MICHAEL AND STEIMEL, RAYMOND J. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Washington: The Catholic University of America Press, 1965. 1st edition. Proceedings of the Institutes of Catholic Pastoral Counseling and of the Conferences for Religious Superiors of Men under the auspices of the Director of Summer Session and Workshops, The Catholic Univers...

Plato's Political Philosophy. Prudence in the Republic and the Laws.

PLANINC, ZDRAVKO. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London: Duckworth, 1991. 0715623958. 1st British edition. "This book offers a bold new interpretation of the Republic and the Laws..Plato's political and moral philosophy, the author argues, is founded on an understanding of phronesis, or prudence, in the Aristotelian sense. U...

Conversations with Isaiah Berlin.

JAHANBEGLOO, RAMIN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Peter Halban, 1992. 1870015487. 1st edition. "Berlin discusses the development of his ideas and political philosophy, interspersing it with many personal reminiscences". Pp.213, black & white photo portrait frontispiece. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Fragile Success. Ten Autistic Children, Childhod to Adulthood. (Second edition).

SPERRY, VIRGINIA WALKER. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Jessica Kingsley Publications, 2001. 1853029556. 2nd edition. "These true case histories provide exceptional insight into the mystery and diversity of autism - how it affects individuals' personal lives, social habits, and work, and how their conditions (along with oth...

Autism - From Research to Individualized Practice.

GABRIELS, ROBIN L. & HILL, DINA E. (EDITORS). · 2002 · Chilton Books

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London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002. 1843107015. 1st edition. "Despite an increase in the awareness of autism, families and professionals continue to struggle to find treatments that will fulfil the individual needs of their child..The authors have brought together infor...

Who Am I? What does it mean to be a person?

HOLLEY, RAYMOND. · 2007 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Sudbury, Suffolk: Privately published, 2007. 1st edition. "The author forcefully rejects the positivist and scientistic understanding of personal life solely in physical terms and argues that a person is a creative subject of numerous dimensions in addition to the physical..It...

Christian Doctrine in the Light of Michael Polanyi's Theory of Personal Knowledge. A Personalist Theology.

CREWDSON, JOAN. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1994. Toronto Studies in Theology series. Volume 66. Pp.xii/445. Black cloth, slightly rubbed with title to spine dulled. G+.

Psychology of Early Childhood Up to the Sixth Year of Age.

STERN, WILLIAM. · 1926 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1926. Supplemented by Extracts from the Unpublished Diaries of Clara Stern. Translated from the Third Edition - Revised and Enlarged - by Anna Barwell. Pp.557, owner's name to front free endpaper. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, some une...

People with Dyslexia. Report of a Working Party Commissioned by The British Council for Rehabilitation of the Disabled.

KERSHAW, DR JOHN. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: British Council for Rehabilitation of the Disabled, 1974. 0902358014. 1st edition. "The members of the Working Party have looked at problems related to the impact of Dyslexia, its causes, prevention, prevalence and identification. They then seek to give guide lines in ...

Religious Language. Issues in Religious Studies.

DONOVAN PETER. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Sheldon Press, 1976. 0859690547. 1st ed. Modern study of religions. Pp. 1/114/3(ads),owners name to front free endpaper. Paperback, minor sunning to rear cover. VG.

Émile Coué. The Man and His Work.

ORTON, J.LOUIS. · 1935 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: The Francis Mott Company Ltd, 1935. 1st edition. A Psychological Study of a Great Psychologist and His Work by Another Great Psychologist. Pp.xii/306, Black & white photo portrait frontispiece, owner's name to inside front board, gift message to front free endpaper. Br...

Art and Psyche. A Study in Psychoanalysis and Aesthetics.

SPITZ, ELLEN HANDLER. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New Haven: Yale University, 1985. 0300033729. 1st edition. "Spitz proposes three principal psychoanalytic approaches to art..The first includes the relation between the life experience of the artist and his works; the second focuses on the work of art itself; and the third enc...

Remarkable Providences and Proofs of a Divine Revelation; with Thoughts, Facts, and Anecdotes, Calculated to Strengthen Faith.

PHILLIPS, JOHN RICHARDSON. · 1885 · Chilton Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1885. 5th edition. With Illustrations. "In this volume we hope to prove by a variety of well-authenticated facts, not only that God has revealed Himself and His will to man through His works, through conscience, and through His dealings with individu...

India's Quest for Reality.

JACKSON, R.J. · 1947 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: The Buddhist Society, 1947. 2nd edition. "A brief yet profound study of the spiritual principles on which Indian culture is founded." Published on the fortieth anniversary of a lecture delivered in Hyde Park in 1907, which seems to be the first recorded public lecture ...