Science and Sanity : An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics.
Lancaster, PA: The International Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Company, 1933. First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue cloth, blind ruled, with gilt spine title. [vi], xx, 798 [2]. 9.5" x 6.5" Light bump to lower front corner, rubbing with some color and gilt loss to spine tips and less so to corners, spine dull, light mottling to boards, still a near fine copy, internally clean with hinges firm, in custom mylar cover. Item #144060
Alfred Korzybski was a Polish-American philosopher who created the field of general semantics, which operates from the belief that we have no direct access to reality due to the limitations of our nervous system and language. His book Science and Sanity acts as a training manual for these theories. After he published this book, Korzybski went on tour around the United States to promote his theories, establishing the Institute of General Semantics in 1938. The Institute still thrives today, active in hosting symposiums, publishing books, and offering classes for their members spanning the globe.
Presumably while he was in Illinois for his promotional tour, Korzybski inscribed on the front free endpaper of this copy, "To Anita L. Lebeson, with best semantic wishes and memories, Evanston, 1935, A. Korzybski." Lebeson was an author and historian who taught at Spertus College of Judaica in Chicago, specializing in the history of Jewish people in the United States.
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