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Collection of manuscript material offprints association-copies and books from the library and personal collection of Professor Henry David Aiken American Philosopher specialist on Analytic Philosophy Aesthetics Ethics and Education at the Universities of Columbia Harvard Michigan and Brandeis. The collection reflects Aiken's deep connections to the important postwar-period of great thinkers at American Universities like Harvard and Brandeis. Aiken was friends with John Rawls Raphael Demos Daniel Bell Arnold Kaufman Stephen Toulmin Israel Scheffler. Aiken's "Beloved teacher" and mentor was Ralph Barton Perry see his dedication in "Predicament of the University". More importantly Aiken was accepted as scholar and friend around important thinkers like Willard Van Orman Quine Alfred North Whitehead Robert Nozick and John Rawls. The collection includes first edition offprints from nearly all of these mentioned including the rare first appearance of John Rawls' "Justice as Fairness" in its origin

1935 · 31027AB — 1935. Harvard / Brandeis / Cambridge Mass. etc. c. 1935 - 1975. Octavo & Quarto. More than 2000 pages. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Henry David Aiken 1912–1982 U.S. philosopher. Aiken was born in Portland Oregon and taught at the universities of Columbia Washington Harvard 1946–65 and Brandeis 1965–80 specializing in ethics esthetics and the history of philosophy. He was influenced by the British analytic movement by the American naturalists – especially Santayana and by David Hume's moral and political writings some of which he edited. Among the works he wrote are The Age of Ideology 1957 selections including a commentary on 19th-century thought; Reason and Conduct 1962 a collection of essays in moral philosophy; and Predicament of the University 1971. Source: Richard H. Popkin paperback