Yale University Press, Date: 1998. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1998. Yale University Press ISBN 0300065299 9780300065299 [US]

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New Haven and London: Yale University Press, Date: 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Jacket edges faded. 1998 Hard Cover. xiii, 338 pp. Foreword by Joe Beck. Herman Sinaiko is renowned for his gifts as a guide to exploring and appreciating the humanities. This book brings to general readers Sinaiko's thoughts on, and invitations to read or reread, a wide selection of major literary and philosophical works―from ancient Greek to Chinese to modern. Taking a conversational approach, he deals with the perennial questions that thinking people have always raised, and investigates how works of great art may provide answers to these questions. Sinaiko reestablishes the notion that there is a canon of great works from the great traditions of the world and argues for the existence of permanent standards of excellence. He rejects most contemporary critical views of classical literature and philosophy, including those of "experts" who seek to monopolize access to great works, academics whose extreme emphasis on historical context disallows any current relevance, and theorists whose lenses distort with personal bias rather than sharpening focus on the works they discuss. Sinaiko reclaims the canon for all of us, opening up discussion on texts ranging from Plato to Tolstoy, Confucius to Mary Shelley, and encouraging each reader to listen and respond to the rich diversity of powerful views on the human condition ...

Yale University Press, Date: 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. G/VG. Slight penciling in the text, pencil notes to ffep. 1998. Yale University Press ISBN 0300065299 9780300065299 [US]

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ISBN10: 0300065299, ISBN13: 9780300065299, [publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven and London] Hardcover First Edition 338pp., xiii. '1' in number line. Tan boards with maroon cloth spine and brilliant gilt lettering on spine; blue-gray endpapers. Light tan dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with title and author name lettering in black across top third and lower third front cover, respectively; photo-illustration of "Plato and Aristotle, or Philosophy", bas-relief by Luca della Robbia, at center front cover; long curvilinear, superficial scratch on rear cover, appearing, barely, on inside rear cover as a sort of thin welt, NOT impacting rear cover itself (dustwrapper did its job): Now in Brodart mylar, which forgives sins graciously. Tight binding, sharp corners, NO rubbing wear; previous owner name, that of "Michael A Arons", discreetly at top right half-title page, else As New: [from LIUdotedu slashBrooklyn] "Michael Arons, professor of physics, received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Rochester in 1964. After doing research in elementary particle theory and teaching physics at City College for many years, he went into university administration, serving as department chair, dean of science and provost at City College and academic vice-president at Long Island University. Now, returned to teaching, he teaches physics at the Brooklyn Campus. His outside interests include tennis, photography, ...

ISBN10: 0300065299, ISBN13: 9780300065299, [publisher: Yale University Press, Connecticut] Hardcover First Edition Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on top text block edge. Small open tears on panel corners and spine crown. ; 352 pages.
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New York Yale University Press 1998 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 2 inch open tear at top of rear gutter.; Signed by author opposite title page.; 6.14 X 0.94 X 9.21 inches; 348 pages; Signed by Author.

ISBN10: 0300065299, ISBN13: 9780300065299, [publisher: Yale University Press, New York] Hardcover First Edition Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 2 inch open tear at top of rear gutter. ; Signed by author opposite title page. ; 6.14 X 0.94 X 9.21 inches; 348 pages; Signed by Author.
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Hardback. New. This volume brings to general readers Sinaiko's thoughts on, and invitations to read or reread, a selection of major literary and philosophical works, from ancient Greek to Chinese to modern. The book deals with the perennial questions that thinking people have always raised. ISBN 0300065299 9780300065299 [GB]