Beast and man
the roots of human nature
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Word Count
102,000 words, Guess
Page Count
408 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebeastmanrootshum00midg_833
- Internet Archivebeastmanrootshum00midg
- ISBN-100415289874
- ISBN-100415289866
- ISBN-139780415289870
and 8 more
- ISBN-139780415289863
- Goodreads616732', '1124178
- LibraryThing97073
- Library of Congress Control Number2002031671
- OCLC Control Number56336127
- Better World Books9780415289870
- Better World Books9780415289863
- Open LibraryOL3563186M
Classifications
- DDC128
- LCCBD450 .M496 2002
- LCCBD450.M496 2002
and 1 more
- LCCBD450 .M496 2002eb
Description
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely, she asserts, the same things as animals. She tells us humans are rather more like other animals than we previously allowed ourselves to believe, and reminds us just how primitive we are in comparison to the sophistication of many animals. A veritable classic for our age, Beast and Man has helped change the way we think about ourselves and the world in which we live.
First Sentence
Every age has its pet contradictions.
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Series Statement
- Routledge classics
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