Plagues of the Mind: The New Epidemic of False Knowledge by Thornton, Bruce S

Regnery Publishing. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Regnery Publishing. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

ISI Books, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

ISI Books, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

ISI Books, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Intercollegiate Studies Institut, 11/1/1999 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Good. 1.1000 in x 9.1000 in x 6.2000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: ISI Books, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover in jacket..

Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Collectible - Like New. Signed Copy Collectible - Like New. Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on title page.

Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 188292634X . "In Plagues of the Mind, classicist Bruce Thornton strips away the false knowledge spawned by the Information Age..." Ships same or next business day. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 279 pages .

Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, 1999. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (24.95). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Inner hinges are perfect. Pages are clean and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original black cloth with shiny gold lettering on the spine. From Ray Olson's review in Booklist: "Rather than cleaving contemporary intellectual foolishness to its historical roots, Thornton starts at those roots, advances from the crucial eighteenth century to the present, and concludes with case studies of three modern loci of falsehood -- romantic environmentalism, the American Indian as ethical paragon, and goddess worship. The trouble all began with the Enlightenment assumption, founded on similar dispositions in classical Greek philosophy and scholastic Christianity, that knowledge bred virtue. Once a person knew the good, reason would compel realizing it, for… Read More