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Item Details
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PERFECTION
COMING TO TERMS WITH BEING HUMAN |
| By: |
Michael J. Hyde |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£26.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1602582440 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781602582446 |
| Publisher: |
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2010 |
| Pages: |
340 |
| Description: |
Takes you on an excursion through Western philosophy, religion, science, and art. Eloquently and engagingly, this title delves the canon of Western thought, drawing on figures from St Augustine and John Rawls to Leonardo da Vinci and David Hume to Kenneth Burke and Mary Shelley. |
| Synopsis: |
In a masterful survey of the history of the idea of human perfection, prize-winning author and noted rhetorician Michael J. Hyde leads a fascinating excursion through Western philosophy, religion, science, and art. Eloquently and engagingly he delves the canon of Western thought, drawing on figures from St. Augustine and John Rawls to Leonardo da Vinci and David Hume to Kenneth Burke and Mary Shelley. On the journey, Hyde expounds on the very notion and "Otherness" of God, the empirical and ontological workings of daily existence, the development of reason, and the bounds of beauty. In the end, he ponders the consequences of the perfection-driven impulse of medical science and considers the implications of the bourgeoning rhetoric of "our posthuman future." It is nothing short of a triumphant examination of why we humans are challenged to live a life of significant insignificance. |
| Illustrations: |
b/w photos, tables & charts |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Baylor University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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