B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S W O M E N S H I S T O R Y 2 0 2 4 Women's History Month 26 “AN URGENTLY NEEDED BRIDGE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY”: WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF EIGHT FIRST EDITION BOOKS BY PHILOSOPHER MARY MIDGLEY 26. MIDGLEY, Mary. Collection of eight first editions. [Beast and Man. The Roots of Human Nature. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1978. WITH: Heart and Mind. The Varieties of Moral Experience. Brighton, Sussex: The Harvester Press, 1981. WITH: Animals and Why They Matter. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1983. WITH: Evolution as a Religion. Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears. London and New York: Methuen, 1985. WITH: Science as Salvation. A Modern Myth and its Meaning. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. WITH: The Ethical Primate. Humans, Freedom and Morality. London and New York: Routledge, 1994. WITH: Utopias, Dolphins and Computers. Problems of Philosophical Plumbing. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. WITH: The Myths We Live By. London and New York: Routledge, 2003.]. London and New York, 1978-2003. Octavo, original cloth and paper boards, dust jackets. $2200 Collection of eight first editions by British philosopher Mary Midgley, known for her focus on nature, evolution, and animal nature of human beings, all in original dust jackets. This collection offers a survey of Mary Midgley’s philosophical investigations between 1978 and 2003—some of the most active years of her scholarly career—including her first book, Beast and Man. Midgley argued for an expansive view of both philosophy and humanity, believing that philosophy was a tool humans could use to understand and fix their environments physically, socially, and ethically. Bookplate of the Bishop of Limerick in Science as Salvation. Old price sticker on the front flap of The Myths We Live By dust jacket. Small tape repair to verso of Heart and Mind dust jacket, tiny chip to dust jacket corned of Beast and Man. Near-fine to fine condition.
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