A perplexed philosopher being an examination of Mr. Herbert Spencer's various utterances on the land question, with some incidental reference to his synthetic philosophy

by Henry George

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First edition

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892. First edition, 8vo, pp. 2 , iv, 320, 8 ; original brown cloth, panel blind-stamping; gilt lettering on spine; decorative floral endpapers; spine extremities slightly scuffed; otherwise near fine and bright. In this book Henry George, a San Francisco journalist, attacks the English philosopher Herbert Spencer for his views on private land ownership, accusing him of intellectual prostitution. Spencer was

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