What Is Man?
Mark Twain's long dialogue about the nature of mankind.
Mark Twain's long dialogue about the nature of mankind.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781585093007 (1585093009)
Publish date: April 1st 2007
Publisher: Book Tree
Pages no: 116
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 ...