An Essay on Morals: A Science of Philosophy and a Philosophy of the Sciences // a Popular Explanation of the Jungian Theory of Human Instinct // a new Bible for the Bold Mind and a Way to Personal Peace by Logic // the Heretic's Handbook and Text for Honest skeptics, including a Description of Man suitable for an Atomic Age // together with a Compendium of Means to Brotherhood in a Better World // and a Voyage beyond the Opposite Directions of Religion and Objective Truth, to Understanding.
Published by New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., ()., 1947
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Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.Lighthouse Books, ABAA
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Octavo, gray cloth (hardcover), 204 pp. Very Good, with foxing (age darkened spotting) to page edges, edgewear; in a Fair, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes large chips. From dust jacket: Four years ago Philip Wylie hurled into the sea of American smugness a literary stone entitled Generation of Vipers. Its early ripples became a tidal wave. For Mr. Wylie's judgments and prophecies proved to be shockingly accurate. Today many ideas which he introduced appear everywhere as the themes of editorials, magazine articles and books. The hundred-odd thousand who bought Generati of Vipers -- the million-odd-readers -- (its popularity still increases) realized that Philip Wylie was not a mere catalyst or debunker but that he had thrown a chip from a Philospher's stone. Enthralled, overwhelmed, confirmed in their own intuitions, uproariously diverted and at times plain infuriated -- the multitude of Vipers fans (the nane they gave to themselves) have written literally bushels of letters to Mr. Wylie asking when he intended to present his philosophy entire. An Essay on Morals is their answer. Philosophy, American Culture, Americana. zslic.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- An Essay on Morals: A Science of Philosophy and a Philosophy of the Sciences // a Popular Explanation of the Jungian Theory of Human Instinct // a new Bible for the Bold Mind and a Way to Personal Peace by Logic // the Heretic's Handbook and Text for Honest skeptics, including a Description of Man suitable for an Atomic Age // together with a Compendium of Means to Brotherhood in a Better World // and a Voyage beyond the Opposite Directions of Religion and Objective Truth, to Understanding.
- Author
- Wylie, Philip.
- Publisher
- New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., ().
- Publication year
- 1947
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Soft cover
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We are a family run shop that has served book lovers for nearly fifty years. We have recently moved to larger quarters in Dade City - a town in central Florida known for its antiques stores and comfortable cafes. We specialize in Florida History and Americana, but carry a broad range of general used and secondhand books, and a small gallery of prints and maps. We offer certified appraisal services, and are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, and the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers' Association. We invite you to visit our webpage: http://www.OldFloridaBookStore.com. If you're a lover of old books, you may enjoy articles we've posted to our blog: http://www.OldFloridaBookStore.blogspot.com.…
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