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What Is Man
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
What Is Man
Contributors:
By (Author) Mark Twain
Publisher:
Green Integer
Imprint:
Green Integer
Publication Date:
16th September 1999
Country:
United States
Classifications
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
144
Dimensions:
Width 105mm, Height 121mm
Weight:
117g
Description
What is Man is one of Mark Twain's most remarkable works: a long dialogue, written in 1906, about the nature of mankind. An old man and a young man argue, the older insisting that man is nothing more than a machine. Created by God, man acts only out of self-interest, he concludes, with certain in-born traits, and then is remade by training, by all the forces about him. The mind, argues Twain's protagonist, is not controlled by man, but controls the man. Twain's philosophical discussion is as fresh today as it was at the beginning of the century.
