the roots of human nature Midgley, Mary Additional Author mixed material bibliography New York Cornell University Press 1978 monographic en English

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xxii, 377 p. ; 22 cm. 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. Human beings 128.30801410320 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 128.3 Mid b E09007363 Non Fiction 128.3 Mid b 21%2B4sqeWIeL.jpg 765 1978-05-23 00:00:00 2024-08-30 17:42:54 machine generated