All Things Are Possible & Penultimate Words and Other Essays

Athens: Ohio University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Octavo size, 239 pp. "The themes which Shestov pursued with insistent polemical force and passion in his later works...are partially develolped in 'All Things Are Possible' and 'Penultimate Words'. These books are characterized in the main by Shestov's developing philosophy that there must be a sustained revolt against philosophical idealism and scientific mechanism..." (n.b., from jacket flap).

Lev Isaakovich Shestov (1866-1938) "was a Jewish-Russian existentialist and religious philosopher. He is best known for his critiques of both philosophic rationalism and positivism" (n.b., (truncated) from Wiki).

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___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full green cloth over boards, black lettering on the spine; octavo size (9 1/4" by 6 1/4"), 239 pp. Dust jacket is unclipped (and unpriced), summary of book on both flaps, list on the back panel of other works by Lev Shestov published by the Ohio University Press.

___CONDITION: Volume fine, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, and as new. The jacket just a shade below fine, mostly clean with a few light spots and light sunning to the spine.

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