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From Newton's Sleep [Signed By The Author]
by Vining, Joseph
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0691034877
- ISBN 13
- 9780691034874
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. xvii, 398 pp, I. Introductory; II. The Life of Forms: On the Language of Legal Thought; III. The Detail and the Whole: On the Logic of Legal Thought; IV. Present Meaning: On the Personal in Legal Thought; V. The Pull of the Real: On the Active in Legal Thought; VI. Full Circle: On the Force of Legal Thought; VII. The Expression of Responsibility: On the Organizational in Legal Thought; VIII. Beyond Words: On the Temporal in Legal Thought; a note on form, references and acknowledgments, index. First Edition, 1995. Inscribed by the Author on ffep. "Law, the author, argues, constitutes an autonomous form of thought. It does not derive its authority, as many authors have supposed, from some logically prior discipline, whether physics, economics, or philosophy; these ultimately depend on law itself, in its fundamental expression of human intellect and purpose. Law, he holds, is inseparably connected to everything in the world that goes to make up personal identity and meaning." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with green title plate and gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001202
- Title
- From Newton's Sleep [Signed By The Author]
- Author
- Vining, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0691034877
- ISBN 13
- 9780691034874
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- LAW PHILOSOPHY AGAINST MECHANICAL REDUCTIONISM THE AUTONOMY IN FORMS OF THOUGHT PERSONAL IDENTITY AND MEANING
- Bookseller catalogs
- LAW;
- Size
- 8vo
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