The Courage to Be. [A study of the concept of courage; being the substance of the 27th series of lectures, delivered at Yale University in 1952 under the Dwight H. Terry Foundationship.]. By Paul Tillich. LONDON : 1952. HARDBACK in JACKET.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 22 Berners Street, 1952. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1952.[ This is the first UK printing.]. 'The Courage to Be has become a classic of twentieth-century religious and philosophical thought. The great Christian existentialist thinker Paul Tillich describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the problem of anxiety'. Hardback. Dark-red cloth; gilt lettered spine. In red and white printed dust-jacket (not price-clipped (10/6). Neat owner name and note to front flap; no internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. A little browning to end-papers. VERY GOOD INDEED in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xi), 185 pages. CONTENTS: 1. Being and courage -- 2. Being, nonbeing, and anxiety -- 3. Pathological anxiety, vitality, and courage -- 4. Courage and participation (the courage to be as a part) -- 5. Courage and individualization (the courage to be as oneself) -- 6. Courage and transcendence (the courage to accept acceptance). Scarce. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]