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Book Title: Ethics After Aristotle
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Publication Name: Ethics after Aristotle
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Brad Inwood
Subject Area: Philosophy
Series: Carl Newell Jackson Lectures
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
