Must We Mean What We Say? A Book of Essays

Cavell, Stanley

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1969

About this Item

"Modern Philosophical Essays in Morality, Religion, Drama, Music and Criticism." Influential American philosopher's first book, a collection of essays linked by their use of ordinary language analysis to address a variety of concerns, including the philosophies of Wittgenstein, Austin, Kierkegaard; literary aesthetics in Beckett's Endgame and Shakespeare's King Lear; music, meaning. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first edition (first printing), with "A-4.69[c]" on copyright page. Light wear to book, base of spine bumped, small faint stain to page edges; jacket shows minor wear, front flap clipped above $7.95 price, as issued; minor dents to free endsheet, light small stains (coffee?) to a couple of pages. Text otherwise clean, no names or marks; xxix, [3], 365 pages; indexes. Size: Octavo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Must We Mean What We Say? A Book of Essays
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1969
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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