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Soft cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Pbk, xxxiv, 389 p. : 1 port. ; 24 cm. A clean unmarked copy in fine condition. [Philosophy, Ancient - Pre-Socratic philosophers Criticism and interpretation] t225 / m15865.

Hardcover. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. Sixth Edition. viii, 1172 pp. Very good condition; name of previous owner on inside of front cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition with full number-string sequence including the no. 1: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the publisher's copyright prelims page. (Simultaneously published by St. Martin's Press, New York). ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Owner's name and address printed label to top of front free endpaper. Unobtrusive, very small 'coffee' splash mark to outer margin of page 177, and tiny splash mark to a tiny section of the fore-edge of text-block. Spine tight. In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper. Extremities of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. Tiny closed tear to top edge of front panel of dustwrapper. Spine and front and rear panels of dustwrappers bright. ***222mm x 144mm. 218 pages including notes to the end of each chapter and index to rear. ***Contents: Reference Key to Nietzsche's texts; Introduction; Part One: Nobles and Exemplars: 1. Nietzsche, Enlightenment and the Problem of Noble Ethics by David Owen; 2. Annunciation and Rebirth: The Prefaces of 1886 by Daniel W. Conway; 3. Stendhal's ecstatic embrace of History as the Antidote for decadence by Brain Domino; Part Two: Laughter and Comedy: 4. Nietzsche's Best Jokes by Laurence Lampert; 5. Waves of Uncountable Laughter by Kathleen Marie Higgins; 6. Laughter: a Tool in Moral Perfectionism? John Lippitt; Part Three: Art, Nature and the Transhuman: 7. A Pessimism of Strength: Nietzsche and the Tragic Sublime by Jim Urpeth; 8. Creating the Future: Legislation and Aesthetics by Gary Banham; 9. Staying Loyal to the Earth: Nietzsche as an Ecological Thinker by Graham Parkes; 10. Loving the Poison: On the 'Meaning' of the Transhuman Condition by Keith Ansell Pearson. ***'This wide-ranging collection of essays, explores various aspects of Nietzsche's thought, centered upon the general issue of futurity. It asks such questions as: What are the roles of human exemplars, moral perfectionism and noble ethics in our 'self-overcoming'? What place does laughter have in Nietzsche's vision of the future? What contribution can Nietzsche make to the issue of humanity's relation to the natural world in an age of ecological crisis? Or to questions about the "transhuman condition" arising from contemporary views of evolution? ***John Lippett has published numerous articles on Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and theories of humour and laughter.' (Quote from inside front and rear of dustwrapper blurb). ***An extremely hard to find first impression of the true first edition in its original dustwrapper in very nice bright condition. ***An extremely detailed and scholarly collection of philosophical essays of interest to academics and existentialists studying the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Paperback. Condición: New. TEMP005292; Vlastos, Gregory; Edited By Daniel W. Graham Socrates, Plato and Their Tradition (Studies in Greek Philosophy) (Studies in Greek Philosophy, Vol. 2) (PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY) PHILOSOPHY ANCIENT HISTORY SURVEYS CLASSICAL.