THE CAVE AND THE LIGHT PLATO VERSUS ARISTOTLE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION BY ARTHUR HERMAN HARDCOVER DUST JACKET FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE, JANUARY 2013 This book is: Free of any remainder marks Free of any internal or external markings Free of any unpleasant odors Free of any previous ownership marks Structurally sound and very clean Not a book club edition and not an ex-library copy Attributes: Sound binding and boards Clean, bright, mark free pages Clean page edges, free of any soiling or foxing Clean, unchipped and unclipped dust jacket Notable Flaws: About 50 pages of the book have been bent leaving a moderate crease on the upper half outer corner of these pages (please see the two pictures provided). This is the most significant flaw that the book has (all other flaws are minor and cosmetic). The top edge of the spine panel of the book and the dust jacket has a light bump (please see the picture provided) This is a clean, structurally sound hardcover and dust jacketed copy. This is not an ex-library or a book club copy. It is a clean full sized book in very nice condition, with the only significant flaw being the aforementioned bent pages numbering about 50 in total. Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have or if you need more information about this listing.