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Book Title: The Present Alone Is Our Happiness: Conversations With Jeann...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Jeannie Carlier, Pierre Hadot, Arnold I. Davidson
Publication Name: Present Alone Is Our Happiness : Conversations with Jeannie Carlier and Arnold I. Davidson
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Ser.
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
