The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea (The William James Lectures Delivered at Harvard University, 1933)

Lovejoy, Arthur O.

Published by Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1936

About this Item

First Edition Sixth Printing (stated) [1957] in gilt-stamped full red-orange cloth, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages clean & unfoxed, boards in excellent condition with slight wear to corners & softening to spine ends with a little fade to spine (titles clear & legible), from the collection of longtime CSU Northridge philosophy professor Robert Garsen with his light penciled marginalia & underlining scattered throughout, else clean tight copy of this iconic landmark study, quite scarce in cloth; 8vo; (xi) 382pp indexed.

Seller Inventory # 33810

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea (The William James Lectures Delivered at Harvard University, 1933)
• Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1936
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • European History: Pre- and Early Modern
  • Sociology
  • Philosophy