What Is Man and Other Essays

What is Man is Mark Twains treatise on the nature of humankind. Consistingprimarily of a long dialogue between an old man and a young man the bookargues that hu... » 

What is Man is Mark Twains treatise on the nature of humankind. Consistingprimarily of a long dialogue between an old man and a young man the bookargues that humans are largely mechanistic in their thoughts and actions. Ournature is predetermined and our lives are shaped by outside forces. We actaccording to Twain out of selfinterest at all times. A very personal projectfor Twain and more serious than much of his fiction What is Man was revisedmany times and published posthumously. It is a thoughtprovoking work ofphilosophy which will make you reevaluate this muchloved author. «