The Genius of the West
by Rougier, Louis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0840250010
- ISBN 13
- 9780840250018
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1971. Rougier, a French philosopher, argues that the progess shown by Western civilization has its origins in the ancient Greeks' rejection of mythology & embrace of rational thought; and later, adoption of the scientific method, capitalism & tolerance; includes a chapter on why Chinese, Hindu, & Islamic civilizations failed to progress in the same way as the West, despite considerable knowledge of philosophy & science. Introduction by F. A. v. Hayek. One of the publisher's Principles of Freedom series, "designed to clarify the role of free enterprise in our society." Stated first printing (first [American] edition), hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, some foxing to endsheets; jacket stained with some chipping, creasing & short tears; pages edges foxed/spotted, pages lightly rippled. Text clean; xviii, 222 pages; index, notes, facsimile inscription to John V. Van Sickle. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u0190
- Title
- The Genius of the West
- Author
- Rougier, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0840250010
- ISBN 13
- 9780840250018
- Publisher
- Nash Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Civilization, Progress, Advancement, Philosophy, Morality, Mythology
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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- Edges
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- Facsimile
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...