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What is Man?* is Mark Twain’s most serious, philosophical and private book. He had worked on it for a long time until he was finally satisfied with it, bu still chose not to release it until after his death. Consisting primarily of a long dialogue between an old man and a young man, the book argues that humans are largely mechanistic in their thoughts and actions.
It is a thought-provoking work of philosophy which will make you re-evaluate this much-loved author. Anyone who thinks Twain was not a brilliant philosopher should read this book.
*The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creat
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Gelince Haber VerWhat is Man?* is Mark Twain’s most serious, philosophical and private book. He had worked on it for a long time until he was finally satisfied with it, bu still chose not to release it until after his death. Consisting primarily of a long dialogue between an old man and a young man, the book argues that humans are largely mechanistic in their thoughts and actions.
It is a thought-provoking work of philosophy which will make you re-evaluate this much-loved author. Anyone who thinks Twain was not a brilliant philosopher should read this book.
*The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.*
