"What Is Man?" and Other Philosophical Writings
by:
Paul Baender (author)
Mark Twain (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780520905139 (052090513X)
Publish date: June 23rd 1973
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages no: 730
Edition language: English
A non-satirical work by Twain in the form of Socratic-like dialogue between an Old Man arguing that man is merely a machine with no free will or self-sacrifice (a determinist) and a Young Man who is hesitant to believe him without requiring much elaboration first. This has been on my mental to-read ...