Kovach Francis

Albert the Great Commemorative Essays

Univ of Oklahoma, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0806116668. Albert the Great Commemorative Essays by Kovach Francis and Shahan, Robert. Univ of OK press, 1980, unstated ed. ISBN: 0806116668 Hardback in like new condition, with good+ dust jacket still in shrink wrap. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover very clean still in shrink wrap. These essays cover the Philosophy of Albert the Great. Considered a universal thinker, he appeared during the Middle Ages. Also well known as the teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas who was his most famous student. As New/Very Good.

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Book number: 001939

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: ALBERT THE GREAT, PHILOSOPHY 0806116668

Clark Glen

The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

Mcalester Park, 1972. Later Printing. Staple. The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe Clark, Glen Macalester Park, 1972 13th edition Staple bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, no loose staples or pages. cover is clean. This is the story of Walter Russell, a self taught man, his purchase of a Renaissance Villa on a mountain in Virginia and his and his wife's studies of art, philosophy and science for the betterment of mankind. B&W photos, 58 pages Good.

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Book number: 003382

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: RUSSEL WALTER, RENAISSANCE MEN, PHILOSOPHY

Walker Kenneth

Venture With Ideas: Meetings with Gurdjieff & Ouspensky

Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Venture With Ideas: Meetings with Gurdjieff & Ouspensky by Walker, Kenneth Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952, lst US ed. Hardback in good condition with acceptable dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover is clean, dust jacket shows signs of wear with some chips, dings, nicks but in decent shape, not price clipped. Walker deals with the meaning of life and the philosophy of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky and their knowledge and thought system of esoteric knowledge and how it will show mankind the true meaning of life. 212 pages. Good/Acceptable.

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Book number: 004453

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: GURDJIEFF & OUSPENSKY

McKee Mable

Heat of the Rose

Fleming H, Revell. Unstated. Soft cover. The Heart of the Rose, by McKee Mable Fleming H Revell 1913, This is Softcover edition c 1920 Softcover in good condition, text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some very slight tanning of pages due to age. Cover is clean and slight tanned on spine and shows some slight signs of wear. Inscription inside cover dated 1922. This is the story of a girl and her brother who she raised and whom she overhears talking about women in what was called in that time a unseemly manner. It is basically about moral purity and how Beth the sister gets him on the right path and teaches him how he should treat women and how his treatment of them will affect him in life. Good.

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Book number: 003093

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: MCKEE MABLE, MORALS

Pegis, Anton

Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas Vol. 1

Random House, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. The Basic Writing of St. Thomas Aquinas Vol. 1 by Pegis, Anton Random House, 1945, lst. 1097 pages Hardback in good condition NO dust jacket. Text clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover clean with embossed red and gold design. This book is part of a three book series. It was undertaken to bring a clear current English text for St. Thomas's writings. Sections are: Summa Theologica Part I, God and the Order of Creation, Summa Contra Gentiles Man and the Conduct of Life, Summa Theolgica lst part of the second part and Summa Theolgica 2nd part of the second part Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001340

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: PHILOSOPHY

Kawabata Yasunai

The Existence and Discovery of Beauty

Mainichi Newspapers, 1969. Unstated. Hardcover. The Existence and Discovery of Beauty by Kawabata Yasunari Mainichi Newspapers, 1969, unstated edition Hardback in good condition, text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover shows signs of wear with cup ring on cover, has price in ink inside cover otherwise clean. This book is in English and Japanese. The first half is English and the second half is the same subject but in Japanese. This is from a talk given by Yasunari in Hawaii. The basic is that in order to understand certain people we must associate with them. It deals with ethnic minorities and how they need to not become psychologically dependent upon the majority group. B&W photos of author, hard to find. Good.

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Book number: 004114

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: BEAUTY