The letter: 3pp of a bifolium, measuring 4.5″ x 7″, Brattleboro, Vermont, dated September 10, 1892. Gilding to the page block on all three sides. More foxing to the Second Jungle Book than to the first. Internally, both books are clean, however the typical foxing spots as usual within the text commensurate with age. No owner s inscriptions in the First Jungle book, gift inscription in black ink to the ffep of Vol 2 as shown. Since both volumes have been housed in their respective solander case for a century the books have little shelf wear to them. Light stains to front boards as shown and a little shelf wear. Gilding of the elephants and the cobra are NOT rubbed out and beautiful. Condition: near fine boards with the gilding on the spine intact and NOT rubbed out. From 1905-1910 Brett was the private secretary to Lord John Morley, the Secretary of State for India, making this a nice India association first edition set. Provenance: the two books are from the library of Oliver Brett, the third Viscount of Esher with his coat of arms bookplates to each front pastedown. Together with a fascinating three-page long handwritten letter to a fellow writer penned in 1892 on the eve of Jungle Book duology publication. Rudyard Kipling (18) The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, UK first editions, first printings, published by Macmillan.
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The hotel soon became a well-known wayside stop for travellers on the track to the Plenty River. The license was finally granted on the 11th of May, after being postponed for fourteen days in order to allow him to finish building. Hyde, who was described as a highly respectable man, and an assessor to the Corporation (Melbourne City Council), applied for his publicans’ license in April 1853. The corner block, which he bought from Henry Arnold, cost him £5,500. By the end of 1853 Hyde had purchased three adjoining lots of land that together had a 135 foot frontage to Brunswick Street by 80 feet to Moor Street. There were stables at the rear of the building and on the same land, a detached timber and brick tenement of three rooms. During 1852-3 he erected bluestone premises on the Brunswick Street corner, consisting of eight rooms with room for a bar, plus a store-room and detached kitchen. 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I would be very grateful if someone could respond to these questions:Īre there legitimate applications of Gödel's theorems to the existence of God, or theology in general?ĭo any significant philosophers or theologians ever express views of this kind? In fact, I only saw such arguments either in the process of being rebutted, or expressed by people whom I find it very hard to take seriously. Given that nowadays people hold all sorts of irrational views, I can't say I am surprised - but I would be if a serious and respectable person supported such arguments. Personally, I fail to see sense in such reasoning (of course, this does not necessarily say much, because I could be missing something). Arguments against God go like this: "Because of Gödel's Theorem, omniscience is impossible, hence an all-knowing God cannot exist". Arguments for the existence of God run mostly along the lines: "Because of Gödel's Theorem, truth transcends human understanding, and therefore there is God". I have seen it argued that Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems have implications regarding the existence of God. |