‎The logic of scientific discovery. ‎

‎Routledge, 1980, gr. in-8vo, 479 p., cartonnage original.‎

‎The Open Society and its enemies. 1: Plato. 2: Hegel and Marx. ‎

‎ 1971 Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1971. Deux volumes in-8 brochés, texte en anglais, 361+420 pages. Quelques lignes soulignées au crayon, néanmoins bon état. ‎

‎ La librairie est ouverte du mardi au samedi de 9h30 à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 19h00. Commandes par courriel ou téléphone. Envoi rapide, emballage soigné. ‎

‎The Poverty of Historicism.‎

‎London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957 8vo. In the original full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Library stamps to front free end-paper, half title and title page. Miscolouring to spine. Internally fine and clean. XIV, 166 pp.‎

‎First printing of one of Popper's most influential works: ""The Poverty of Historicism and The Open Society and Its Enemies, his most impassioned and brilliant social works, are as a consequence a powerful defence of democratic liberalism as a social and political philosophy, and a devastating critique of the principal philosophical presuppositions underpinning all forms of totalitarianism"" (SEP)Popper argues, it is logically demonstrable by a consideration of the implications of the fact that no scientific predictor, human or otherwise, can possibly predict, by scientific methods, its own future results. From this it follows, he holds, that 'no society can predict, scientifically, its own future states of knowledge'(The present work, P vii)‎

‎Toute Vie Est Résolution de Problèmes : Questions Autour de La Connaissance de La Nature‎

‎Arles Actes Sud 1997 Grand In 8 Collection " Le génie du Philosophe " . Traduit de l'allemand par Claude Duverney . Philosophie . - 174 p. , 300 gr.‎

‎Couverture souple Très Bon État . 1ère Édition‎

‎The Self and Its Brain. With 66 Figures.‎

‎N.Y., Berlin, London, Springer, (1977). Orig. boards with dustjacket. XVI,597 pp.‎

‎First edition.‎

‎Kirk on Heraclitus, and Fire as the Cause of Balance. (In: Mind. A Qarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy. Vol. LXXII. No. 287, July, 1963.)‎

‎Edinburgh & N. Y., T. Nelson & Sons, 1963. 8vo. Orig. printed grey wrappers w. small nicks to extremities. Internally fine. Pp. 386-392 (the rest of the volume: pp. 309-85, 393-462, [6 pp. advertisements]).‎

‎First publication of Karl R. Popper's discussion with G. S. Kirk, who, in an article named 'Popper on Science and the Presocratics', criticized Popper for having ""a fundamentally mistaken attitude to scientific methodology"". But in the discussion Popper does not involve himself in a direct exchange with Kirk, but instead develops some points about the understanding of Heraclitus that go against the interpretation of Kirk. Thus Popper criticizes his critic by using his arguments against himself.Besides philosophical elaborations as the present one, Popper is celebrated as one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Especially within the philosophy of science and scientific method - where he has presented his Critical Rationalism and his theory of falsification - and within political philosophy - where he has presented his strong critique of historicism and the idea of the open society and its enemies - Popper has left a major mark on modern thinking. In the present issue of 'Mind' there are also contributions by J. F. M. Hunter, J. O. Wisdom, K. Walton, etc.‎

‎The Philosophy of Karl Popper. 2 Vols.‎

‎La Salle, Illinois, Open Court, 1974. 2 orig. full cloth with dustjackets. XVI,1323 pp.‎

‎First edition. (The Library of Living Philosophers Volume XIV).‎

‎Misère de l'historicisme‎

‎ 1988 Editions Presses Pocket, Collection "Agora" - 1988 - In-12, broché, couverture illustrée - 211 p.‎

‎Bon état - Très légers plis de lecture au dos - Un coin très légèrement émoussé ‎

‎Epistemology Without Knowing a Subject. [From: Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Sciences III] + On the Theory of the Objective Mind. [From: Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Sciences III]. (Pasted in printed note at the bottom of last page: A L... - [POPPER'S ""THIRD WORLD"" - SIGNED PRESENTATION-COPIES]‎

‎Amsterdam, 1968 + (Vienna, 1968). Both 8vo. Both unbound and stapled with brown paper-backstrip. ""Epistemology..."": nice and clean copy. Pp. (333)-373. ""On the Theory..."": backstrip a bit torn, otherwise a nice and clean copy. Printed on rectos only. Pp. (25)-53.‎

‎Both works being in the scarce original re-prints of proof-prints (with the original corrections reproduced), both with signed presentation-inscription on top of first page to Tönu Puu [the first reading: ""To Tönu Puu / from K. R. Popper."", the second: : ""To Tönu Puu / from K. R. Popper / with many thanks / and kind regards.""]. of Popper's important works on ""the third world"", which together forms his ""Popperian Cosmology"", focusing on the ""third world"", namely the body of human knowledge expressed in its manifold forms.Tönu Puu is Professor of Economics at the University of Umeå in Sweden. In 1967 Puu published ""Some Reflections on the Relation between Economic Theory and Economic Reality"", which caught Popper's attention - and to such an extent that he cited it. The two present works constitute the main contributions to what is known as Popperian cosmology, in which Popper divides the world into three parts. ""EPISTEMOLOGY WITHOUT A KNOWING SUBJECT"" explores the third world.""The main topic of this lecture will be what I often call, for want of a better name, ""the third world"". To explain this expression I will point out that, without taking the word ""world"" or ""universe"" too seriously, we may distinguish the following three worlds or universes" first, the world of physical objects or of physical states secondly, the world of states of consciousness, or of mental states [...]" and thirdly the world of objective contents of thought, especially of scientific and poetic thoughts and of works of art. Thus what I call ""the third world"" has admittedly much in common with Plato's theory of forms or ideas, and therefore also with Hegel's objective spirit, though my theory differs radically, in some decisive respects. It has more in common still with Bolzano's theory of a universe of propositions in themselves and of truth in themselves, though it differs from Bolzano's also. My third world resembles most closely the universe of Frege's objective contents of thought."" (Popper, Karl. Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject, pp. (333)).""In ""Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject"" Popper offers a ""biological"" argument for doubting that minds and bodies exhaust all the entities inhabiting the human world. Not only is man a conscious animal, he is also a being whose communicative capacity has evolved to the point of being able to describe and criticize his encounters with the world"" (Fuller, Steve. Social Epistemology, Indiana University Press, 1988, p. 51).In ""ON THE THEORY OF THE OBJECTIVE MIND"", ""the matter at issue is not, as Descartes, the knowledge of particular subjects but a knowledge that is independent of particular subjects, that is, intersubjective. [It] has much in common with ""Plato´s theory of Forms and Ideas"" and ""Hegel´s objective spirit"". (Keuth, Herbert. The philosophy of Karl Popper, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 294).""To sum up, I have tried to show that the idea of the third world is of interest for a theory of understanding which aims at combining an intuitive understanding of reality with the objectivity of rational criticism"", (Popper, Karl. On the Theory of the Objective Mind, p. 47).Karl Popper still exercises extensive influence on a variety of different thinkers, scholars and economists. The billionaire investor George Soros claims that his investment strategies are modeled upon Popper's understanding of the advancement of knowledge through the distinctly Hegelian idea of falsification.‎

‎Self-Reference and Meaning in Ordinary Language.‎

‎Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1954. 8vo. In contemporary red stiff cardboards. In ""Mind"", Vol. LXIII. Fine and clean. Pp. 162-169. [Entire volume: VII, (1), 576, (4) pp.].‎

‎First publication of Karl R. Popper's (1902-94) small Platonic dialogue, in which the author lets Socrates and Theaetetus, the old philosopher and the mathematical prodigy, discuss the self-reference that can occur both in ordinary conversation and in the most complex of philosophical discussions.Besides philosophical elaborations as the present one, Popper is celebrated as one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Especially within the philosophy of science and scientific method - where he has presented his Critical Rationalism and his theory of falsification - and within political theory - where he has presented his strong critique of historicism and the idea of the open society and its enemies - Popper has left a major mark on modern thinking. In the present issue of 'Mind' there are also contributions by J. N. Findlay, A. Stroll, G. N. A. Vesey, etc. . ‎

‎On Carnap's version of Laplace's Rule of Succession. (In: Mind. A Qarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy. Vol. LXXI. No. 250, Januar, 1962.)‎

‎Edinburgh & N. Y., T. Nelson & Sons, 1962. 8vo. Orig. printed grey wrappers w. small nicks to extremities. Internally fine. Pp. 69-73 (the rest of the volume: pp. 1-68, 70-144, [4 pp. advertisements])‎

‎First publication of Karl R. Popper's (1902-94) mind-puzzle, set forth to prove that there are problems in Rudolf Carnap's (1891-1970) idea of rule of succession - for example ""because Carnap operates with the idea of individual bottoms [read: entities of the world] each of which has a NAME in his language. But this is very dangerous assumption (...)"" for it may tempt us to use these names as if they were predicates, or as if they were indication position, or order"". Besides philosophical elaborations as the present one, Popper is celebrated as one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Especially within the philosophy of science and scientific method - where he has presented his Critical Rationalism and his theory of falsification - and within political philosophy - where he has presented his strong critique of historicism and the idea of the open society and its enemies - Popper has left a major mark on modern thinking. In the present issue of 'Mind' there are also contributions by W. W. Rozeboom, P. Zinkernagel, P. E. Davis, etc.‎

‎Self-Reference and Meaning in Ordinary Language. (In: Mind. A Qarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy. Vol. LXIII. No. 250, April, 1954.)‎

‎Edinburgh & N. Y., T. Nelson & Sons, 1954. 8vo. Orig. printed grey wrappers w. small nicks to extremities. Internally fine. Pp. 162-69 (the rest of the volume: pp. 145-61, 170-288, [4 pp. advertisements]).‎

‎First publication of Karl R. Popper's (1902-94) small Platonic dialogue, in which the author lets Socrates and Theaetetus, the old philosopher and the mathematical prodigy, discuss the self-reference that can occur both in ordinary conversation and in the most complex of philosophical discussions.Besides philosophical elaborations as the present one, Popper is celebrated as one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Especially within the philosophy of science and scientific method - where he has presented his Critical Rationalism and his theory of falsification - and within political theory - where he has presented his strong critique of historicism and the idea of the open society and its enemies - Popper has left a major mark on modern thinking. In the present issue of 'Mind' there are also contributions by J. N. Findlay, A. Stroll, G. N. A. Vesey, etc. . ‎

‎[Popper:] Epistemology Without Knowing a Subject & [Hintikka:] The Varieties of Information and Scientific Explanation. - [POPPER'S ""THIRD WORLD"".]‎

‎Amsterdam, North-Holland Publishing Company, 1968. 8vo. Original yellow full cloth with the original dust-jacket. In ""Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Sciences III"". Library stamp to pasted down front free end-paper. Dust-jacket with some wear and minor nicks, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Popper's paper: Pp. 333-373. Hintikka's paper: Pp. 311-331. [Entire volume: XII, (2), 553, (1)].‎

‎First edition of Popper's important work on ""the third world"", a significant part of the ""Popperian Cosmology"". The present work, together with Popper's ""On the Theory of the Objective Mind"", also published in 1968, constitutes an important contribution to what is known as Popperian cosmology, in which Popper divides the world into three parts. ""Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject"" explores the third world.""The main topic of this lecture will be what I often call, for want of a better name, ""the third world"". To explain this expression I will point out that, without taking the word ""world"" or ""universe"" too seriously, we may distinguish the following three worlds or universes" first, the world of physical objects or of physical states secondly, the world of states of consciousness, or of mental states [...]" and thirdly the world of objective contents of thought, especially of scientific and poetic thoughts and of works of art. Thus what I call ""the third world"" has admittedly much in common with Plato's theory of forms or ideas, and therefore also with Hegel's objective spirit, though my theory differs radically, in some decisive respects. It has more in common still with Bolzano's theory of a universe of propositions in themselves and of truth in themselves, though it differs from Bolzano's also. My third world resembles most closely the universe of Frege's objective contents of thought."" (Popper, Karl. Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject, pp. (333)).""In ""Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject"" Popper offers a ""biological"" argument for doubting that minds and bodies exhaust all the entities inhabiting the human world. Not only is man a conscious animal, he is also a being whose communicative capacity has evolved to the point of being able to describe and criticize his encounters with the world"" (Fuller, Steve. Social Epistemology, Indiana University Press, 1988, p. 51).Karl Popper still exercises extensive influence on a variety of different thinkers, scholars and economists. The billionaire investor George Soros claims that his investment strategies are modeled upon Popper's understanding of the advancement of knowledge through the distinctly Hegelian idea of falsification.‎

‎Yang et la recherche spirituelle.‎

‎Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1973. 15 x 21, 188 pp., quelques illustrations, broché, bon état.‎

‎"Envoi autographe de l'auteur; introduction de Michel Random."‎

‎Orationes sacrae. Nova apud Germanos editio recognita et emendata. / Orationes quotquot reperiri potuerunt omnes. Nova ... / Orationes didascalicae. Nova ... / Orationes panegyricae. Nova ... 4 Werke in 1 Band.‎

‎Moguntiae (Mainz) & Francofurti ad Moenum (Frankfurt), apud Francisci Varrentrapp, 1755-56-55-55, kl. in-8vo, 2 Bl. + 92 S.; 5 Bl. + 210 S. + 2 Bl.; 224 S.; 1 Bl. + 230 S., am Ende des letzten Teils einige Blätter paarweise am Blattschnitt zusammen (als wären sie unaufgeschnitten), rote Wachsspuren auf Vorsätzen, Bibliotheks-Etikette (Décanat de la Part-Dieu) und hs. Exlibris ‘Dey professor 1818’ auf Innenseite des Vorderdeckel, Lederband auf Bünden, reicher floraler Gold u. Tiefprägung auf Rücken und Deckeln (Umrahmung mit goldgepr. Eicheln auf den Deckeln. Vergoldung grösstenteils abgegangen). Rücken auf 5 Bünden, 3-seitig. Goldschnitt. (Freiburger Schulpreis Einband). Schönes Exemplar.‎

‎Charles Porée, erfolgreicher Rethorik Professor in Paris, verehrter Lehrer u.a. von Voltaire. La reliure est identique aux reliures de prix (Premium) faites à Fribourg pour le Collège des Jésuites. De Backer-S. VI/1029, Nr. 46 (auch Ausg. 1756, doch Kollation nicht völlig identisch); Hoefer XL/819; cf. Brunet TM-12179 (éd. de Paris 1747, 3 vol. in-12). Image disp.‎

‎COURS D'HISTOIRE DE LA PHILOSOPHIE ANCIENNE, ECOLE D'ALEXANDRIE, DICOURS D'OUVERTURE‎

‎Papinot, Paris. 1832. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 38 pages. Couverture muette. Petit manque sur le 1er plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎Discours prononcé le 23 déc. 1831. Académie de Paris, Fac. des Lettres. Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎L'antre des nymphes dans l’’Odyssée. Traduit du grec par Yann Le Lay d’après le texte nouvellement établi par le séminaire classics de l’université de Buffalo et à partir de la traduction originale de Pierre Quillard. Édition bilingue. Précédé de la philosophie de Porphyre est la question de l’interprétation par Guy Lardreau.‎

‎ Paris, Editions Verdier 1989, 220x140mm, 108pages, broché. Couverture à rabats. Bel exemplaire.‎

‎ texte en français et grec ancien, Cachet de possesseur. Pour un paiement via PayPal, veuillez nous en faire la demande et nous vous enverrons une facture PayPal‎

‎Sur la manière dont l'embryon reçoit l'âme‎

‎ Vrin Vrin, 2012. Grand In-8 broché de 380 pages. Collection Histoire des doctrines de l'antiquité classique XLIII. Marque de pliure en angle inférieur de la couverture sinon Très bon état ‎

‎ Toutes les expéditions sont faites en suivi au-dessus de 25 euros. Expédition quotidienne pour les envois simples, suivis, recommandés ou Colissimo. ‎

‎Vie de Plotin. Traduite du Grec et colligée sur le Latin par Alta.‎

‎Paris, Le Voile d’Isis, 1920 ; in-8, broché ; 46 pp.‎

‎Exemplaire correct. ‎

‎Vie de Pythagore - Lettre à Marcella. Texte établi et traduit par Edouard des Places, avec un appendice d'A.-Ph. Segonds.‎

‎ Les Belles Lettres, 1982, pt in-8°, 255 pp, index, notes complémentaires, reliure éditeur, bon état (Coll. Budé). Texte grec et traduction française en regard‎

‎De l'œuvre immense et variée du philosophe Porphyre, il nous reste aujourd’hui une liste et une infime partie de ses textes, des fragments le plus souvent : parmi eux, la Vie de Pythagore et la Lettre à Marcella. La première fait partie de la vaste Histoire de la philosophie, tandis que le second est une consolation écrite par le philosophe à sa femme. Derrière la biographie de l’auteur des Vers d’Or, comme derrière les recommandations du penseur à sa femme, se cachent les grands thèmes de Porphyre, auxquels les détails biographiques ou personnels donnent une émotion et véracité toutes particulières. Point n’est question dans ces lignes de principes désincarnés, comme il a été souvent reproché au néoplatonisme, mais bien plutôt d’anecdotes savoureuses, dont la valeur métaphorique, voire ésotérique, n’ôte rien au charme. « Pourquoi être végétarien » « Mieux vaut jeter au hasard une pierre qu’une parole », telles sont, entre autres, les réflexions pratiques que le lecteur verra abordées. cette édition rassemble en un volume ces deux brefs opuscules. Chaque texte est précédé d’une notice explicative donnant toutes les informations nécessaires à la bonne intelligence de ces textes aux implications complexes et replace l’œuvre dans la vie du philosophe de Tyr. Les sources, tant explicites qu’implicites, sont analysées en profondeur, de même que les nombreuses hypothèses de lecture que ces textes ont soulevées. Chaque traité est assorti d’un Index Fontium et d’un Index Verborum qui lui est propre ; tandis que l’histoire du texte est brièvement relatée. Une bibliographie sommaire est proposée au lecteur soucieux d’approfondir. Des notes éclairent la lecture. L’ouvrage est en outre enrichi par un précieux appendice relatif aux fragments de l’Histoire de la Philosophie. — Porphyre est un philosophe mort vers 305 après J-C. Il a été notamment le disciple de Plotin, fondateur d'une nouvelle interprétation de la pensée de Platon, théologique et mystique, que nous appelons le « néoplatonisme ». Son importance dans l’histoire de la pensée ne réside pas seulement dans la Vie de Plotin et l’édition des traités du maître, les Ennéades, dont il s’est chargé. On a conservé de Porphyre deux commentaires sur les Catégories d’Aristote, une Introduction aux Catégories qui a été très utilisée au Moyen Âge, en traduction latine. Porphyre est également l’auteur de plusieurs commentaires d’Homère et d’un traité contre les chrétiens aujourd’hui perdu. ‎

‎L'antre des nymphes dans l'Odyssee. Traduit du grec d'après le texte nouvellement établi par le séminaire "classics" de l'université de Buffalo et à partir de la traduction originale de Pierre Quillard. Précédé de: La philosophie de Porphyre et la question de l'interprétation‎

‎Lagrasse, Verdier 1989 108pp., 22cm., br., bon état, [édition bilingue: grec-français], F76879‎

‎THE LETTER OF PORPHYRY THE NEO-PLATONIST - PORPHYRY THE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS WIFE MARCELLA‎

‎ 1896 cartonné entoilé rouge éditeur (hard-back percale editor) in-octavo, titre frappé or sur le dos et le premier plat (gilt title on the spine and the front cover) 1 fer spécial sur le premier plat (special blocking stamp on the front cover), tête dorée (top edge gilt) gouttière long papier (fore-edge - great paper), illustration : 1 frontispice (frontispiece), naissances de rousseurs (beginning of the redness marks), 79 pages, 1896 London George Redway,‎

‎traduction et introduction par Alice Zimmern (translation and introduction by) - préface de Richard Garnett - texte en Anglais (English text) - bon état (very good condition) ‎

‎Philosophie chrétienne en Russie. Nicolas Berdiaeff.‎

‎ Neuchâtel, La Baconnière 1944, 196x142mm, 171pages, broché. Bel exemplaire.‎

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‎LA PHILOSOPHIE CHRETIENNE EN RUSSIE, NICOLAS BERDIAEFF‎

‎La Baconnière. 1944. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Quelques rousseurs. 173 pages. Fac-similé en noir et blanc en frontispice. Annotations en page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎'Etre et penser', Cahiers de Philosophie, 8, oct. 1944. Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎Berdiaeff. Prophete des temps nouveaux. Collection Les Grands Témoins.‎

‎ Neuchatel - Paris, Delachaux & Niestlé S. A. 1951, 210x140mm, 180pages, broché. Bel exemplaire. ‎

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