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What is Man? - Mark Twain
What is Man?
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What Is Man?, first published by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) in 1906, is a dialog between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involves ideas of destiny and free will, as well as of psychological egoism. The Old Man asserted that the human being is merely a machine, and nothing... show more
What Is Man?, first published by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) in 1906, is a dialog between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involves ideas of destiny and free will, as well as of psychological egoism. The Old Man asserted that the human being is merely a machine, and nothing more. The Young Man objects, and asks him to go into particulars and furnish his reasons for his position.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781938357268 (1938357264)
ASIN: 1938357264
Publisher: FPP Classics
Pages no: 74
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics, Non Fiction, Humor, Writing, Essays, Literature, Religion, Philosophy
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4.0 What Is Man? (The Oxford Mark Twain)
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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 ...
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