Price: $3,500 English philosopher and jurist; one of the chief expounders of Utilitarianism; author of Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, full page, small quarto, undated. Fine condition. A portion of the original manuscript of the second edition of Chrestomathia, with corrections and additions in the text by Bentham. “Impracticability, … [ Read More ]
Philosophy
Bentham, Jeremy
Price: $3,500 English philosopher; one of the chief expounders of utilitarianism; noted jurist and author of Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Autograph Manuscript, full page, legal folio, undated, [December 28, 1820.] Twenty-three lines of notes in Jeremy Bentham’s hand concerning interpretations of the law, with additional corrections and revisions, also in his … [ Read More ]
Hume, David
Price: $22,500 Scottish empiricist philosopher historian, economist, and essayist; deeply influenced metaphysical thought. Autograph Check Signed, one page, narrow oblong octavo, Bath, June 8, 1776. Drawn on Thomas Coutts & Co., London and made out to dramatist John Home in the amount of fifty pounds. David Hume, the major figure of the Enlightenment, wrote this … [ Read More ]
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Price: $27,500 German philosopher and mathematician. Autograph Document Signed, GWvLeibniz, one page, oblong octavo, Wolfenbüttel, November 13, 1709. Leibniz acknowledges his receipt of payment of 200 thalers, his salary as librarian to the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg for the half-year ending at Michaelmas. Matted in cream and dark brown, with a waist-length portait engraving of Gottfried … [ Read More ]
Mill, John Stuart
Price: $2,500 English philosopher and economist; created profound impression with System of Logic. Autograph Letter Signed, J.S. Mill, two pages, octavo, Blackheath Park, April 18, 1866. To Charles J. Grece, with original envelope. Though in your letter of the 16th inst. you do not claim me as an acquaintance, I have not forgotten our conversation … [ Read More ]
Niebuhr, Reinhold
Price: $1,250 American theologian who had extensive influence on political thought. Typewritten Letter Signed, RNeibuhr, one page, quarto, September 22, [1943]. A tribute letter to Walter White commemorating his 25 years of service to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. “You have given a quarter of a century to the struggle of … [ Read More ]
Spencer, Herbert
Price: $4,750 English philosopher; one of the few modern thinkers to attempt a systematic account of all cosmic phenomena, including mental and social principles; influenced contemporary philosophy, psychology, and ethics throughout Europe and America, India and Japan. Collection of 63 letters (the majority of which are signed by Spencer), and a signed check; various sizes; … [ Read More ]
Thoreau, Henry David
Price: $22,500 American essayist, poet and naturalist; wrote Walden. Autograph Manuscript, two full pages, quarto, undated [1854]. “As we grow old we live more coarsely, we relax a little in the disciplines, and to some extent cease to obey our first instincts. We are more careless about our diet & our chastity. But we would … [ Read More ]