Russell's 'last major contribution to philosophy' (ODNB)
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
Human Knowledge. It's scope and limits.
London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1948.
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The first edition of this insightful empirical study, in which Russell developed his theory 'that all human knowledge is uncertain, inexact, and partial' (p.527).
The book was published following Russell's return from the United States, where he had led a strained existence since 1938, falling to gain a permanent position at any academic Bertrand Russell, Human Knowledge, London, 1948 institution. 'At Cambridge during this time Russell was dismayed to discover how far he had fallen out of favour among the younger generation of British philosophers, for whom Wittgenstein was now the greatest influence. To his great chagrin, Human Knowledge was reviewed without any great respect. In the 1950s Russell hit back with a series of polemical attacks on "Oxford ordinary language philosophy", but these served only to widen the gulf between him and the leading philosophers of the day' (ODNB).
First UK edition, first impression; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); slight spotting to endpapers and title; publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top-edge stained green, with the original dust-jacket printed on military map as issued, price-clipped, jacket slightly frayed at top of spine, rear panel slightly toned, very good; 538, [2]pp.
The book was published following Russell's return from the United States, where he had led a strained existence since 1938, falling to gain a permanent position at any academic Bertrand Russell, Human Knowledge, London, 1948 institution. 'At Cambridge during this time Russell was dismayed to discover how far he had fallen out of favour among the younger generation of British philosophers, for whom Wittgenstein was now the greatest influence. To his great chagrin, Human Knowledge was reviewed without any great respect. In the 1950s Russell hit back with a series of polemical attacks on "Oxford ordinary language philosophy", but these served only to widen the gulf between him and the leading philosophers of the day' (ODNB).
First UK edition, first impression; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); slight spotting to endpapers and title; publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top-edge stained green, with the original dust-jacket printed on military map as issued, price-clipped, jacket slightly frayed at top of spine, rear panel slightly toned, very good; 538, [2]pp.
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Human Knowledge.
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XENOPHON; FIELDING, Sarah (translator).
Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
1762.
A handsomely bound first edition of Sarah Fielding's translation of Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
£1,250.00
