RUSSELL, Bertrand.
An Outline of Philosophy.
An Outline of Philosophy.
Stock Code 120141
London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1932.
signed copy
A rare, signed example of this popular work by Bernard Russell which sets out to explain the nature of philosophical inquiry.Divided into four parts, the work proceeds on the premise that the function of philosophy is to acquire 'real knowledge'. The first deals with individual human sensory experience, 'man from without', turning next to 'the physical world', before examining 'man from within' and the wider 'universe'.
First edition, second impression, signed by the author; 8vo (22.5 x 15.5 cm); inscribed by the author in pen to front free endpaper recto below ownership inscription in pen, minor spotting; publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slightly faded, a little rubbed with small stain to top-edge, very good; vi, 317, [3]pp.
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