What is man? /

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Author / Creator:Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Description:xliv, 140, 23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:The Oxford Mark Twain
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Works. 1996.
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2638987
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ISBN:0195101545
9780195101546
0195114213 (lib. ed. : acid-free paper)
9780195114218 (lib. ed. : acid-free paper)
0195090888 (trade ed. set : acid-free paper)
9780195090888 (trade ed. set : acid-free paper)
0195113454 (lib. ed. set : acid-free paper)
9780195113457 (lib. ed. set : acid-free paper)
Notes:A facsimile reprint of the 1st ed. of Twain's work including the original illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"A Socratic dialogue between a romantic young idealist and an elderly cynic, who debate such issues as whether man is a machine or a free actor, whether personal merit is meaningless given how our environment shapes who we are, and whether man has any impulse other than pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain."
Other form:Online version: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. What is man? New York : Oxford University Press, 1996

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