What is Man? - Couverture souple

Twain, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1892295156 ISBN 13 : 9781892295156

Editeur : Green Integer, 2021

Synopsis

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, “unceasingly at work during every waking moment.” Cynical in part, proclaiming the highest of values at other moments, Twain’s philosophical discussion is as fresh today as it was at the beginning of the century, and reveals yet another important aspect of this great American humorist-philosopher.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called “the Great American Novel”. He grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his humorous story, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Green Integer
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1892295156
• ISBN 13: 9781892295156
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 123
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