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Published by The Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, 1905
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: g. First edition for this translation. Octavo. [12], LXXXI, [1], 177, [1], 13, [3]pp. Original cloth with blue lettering and printer's device on spine, and blue lettering on front cover. Frontispiece portrait of Benedictus Spinoza. Like Descartes, Spinoza was concerned with the improvement of human knowledge, which requires that we be able to tell the true from the false in a reliable way. He initially worked in the framework of the Cartesian philosophy. Spinoza studied Descartes ideas and published the book, "Principles of the Philosophy of Rene Descartes" in 1663. Minor shelf wear. Upper edge of back cover slightly rippled. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.