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Book Title: Examined Lives : from Socrates to Nietzsche
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.9in
Author: James Miller
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Philosophers, History & Surveys / General
Publisher: Picador
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Philosophy
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
