Human Value: A Study in Ancient Philosophical Ethics

✍ Scribed by John M. Rist

Publisher: Brill
Year: 1982
Tongue: English
Leaves: 183
Series: Philosophia Antiqua 40
Category: Library

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Book by Rist, John M.

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Ethics & Morality;Philosophy;Politics & Social Sciences;Greek & Roman;Philosophy;Politics & Social Sciences

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