What is man? /
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Author / Creator: | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. |
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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: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2638987 |
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) |
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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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