Book Series: What is Man?

What is Man?

By Mark Twain, Linda Wagner-Martin, Shelley Fisher Fishkin

Offers a debate on the topics of free will, determinism, faith, and human nature

The Old Man and the Young Man had been conversing. The Old Man had asserted that the human being is merely a machine, and nothing more. The Young Man objected, and asked him to go into particulars and furnish his reasons for his position.

What Is Man?: And Other Essays - Publishing People Series

By Mark Twain

The Old Man and the Young Man had been conversing. The Old Man had asserted that the human being is merely a machine, and nothing more.

What Is Man?: By Mark Twain - Illustrated

By Mark Twain

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What Is Man?

By Mark Twain

After his death in 1910, the New-York Tribune published a feature on it. Criticism at that time focused on its dark and antireligious nature.Isaac Asimov apparently had in mind this story when he wrote ".

What Is Man?: A Journey Through Biblical Anthropology

By The Pontifical Biblical Commission

This volume contains a Thematic Index of more than 200 topics, and is introduced by Cardinal Luis Ladaria SJ, President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

WHAT IS MAN?: Adam, Alien or Ape?

By Edgar Andrews

In this book we are going to consider the alternative solutions on offer by considering what it means to be human against the backgrounds of cosmology (man’s place in the universe), biology (man’s place in the animal kingdom), and ...

What Is Man?: By Mark Twain - Illustrated

By Mark Twain

How is this book unique?

What is Man?: And Other Essays

By Mark Twain

The Old Man had asserted that the human being is merely a machine and nothing more.

What is Man?: And Other Essays

What Is Man?

By Mark Twain

The work appears to be a genuine and earnest debate of his opinions about human nature, rather than satirical. Twain held views similar to that of the Old Man prior to writing "What is Man?".

What Is Man?: And Other Essays (Classic Reprint)

By Mark Twain

Excerpt from What Is Man?: And Other Essays About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

What Is Man?: And Other Essays - Primary Source Edition

By Mark Twain

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

What Is Man?: And Other Essays

By Mark Twain

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

What Is Man?

By John Hundley

... hard mother . " Arachnoid which mean " spider web like . " Piamater which means " soft mother . " This is a miracle of divine wisdom which evinces in more than one way the loving care and superior planning that went into the building of ...

What is Man?: Contemporary Anthropology in Theological Perspective

By Wolfhart Pannenberg

What is Man?: Contemporary Anthropology in Theological Perspective