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OverviewThe world of things is different now from what it was half a century ago, but Rene Dubos doubts that there have been basic changes in life itself, in those attitudes and activities, needs, and yearning, that are the most important for happiness and suffering, for hope and despair—the differences between humanity and animality. Sophisticated and civilized as we may be, we have retained from our distant ancestors the ability to derive profound satisfaction from the small happenings of daily life. Beast or Angel? attempts to trace the origins of needs and yearnings that have always been those of humankind everywhere and always. In this search, Dubos expresses the same concerns and uses the same words when speaking of the past, the present, or the future—the reason being that the biological and psychological characteristics of humankind have remained essentially the same for at least fifty millennia. We are human to the extent that we live according to certain principles which have a human quality. This quality has emerged and continues to emerge from the choices that we make throughout our individual lives and that humankind has made from the beginning of its existence. To be human is to be able and willing to choose among the options that are offered to the human species by the natural order of things. This book examines human species, not only on the basis of the biological and psychological attributes it shares with animal species, but more by identifying its choices throughout pre-history and history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rene DubosPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781412811248ISBN 10: 1412811244 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 15 August 2010 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews<p> Reading Beast or Angel? is a pleasant, comfortable experience... useful as an antidote to the pessimism engendered by reading the morning paper. --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists -Reading Beast or Angel? is a pleasant, comfortable experience... useful as an antidote to the pessimism engendered by reading the morning paper.- --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists -[T]he book under review is a pleasure to read.- --Theodosius Dobzhansky, The Quarterly Review of Biology Reading Beast or Angel? is a pleasant, comfortable experience... useful as an antidote to the pessimism engendered by reading the morning paper. --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [T]he book under review is a pleasure to read. --Theodosius Dobzhansky, The Quarterly Review of Biology Reading Beast or Angel? is a pleasant, comfortable experience... useful as an antidote to the pessimism engendered by reading the morning paper. --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [T]he book under review is a pleasure to read. --Theodosius Dobzhansky, The Quarterly Review of Biology Reading Beast or Angel? is a pleasant, comfortable experience... useful as an antidote to the pessimism engendered by reading the morning paper. --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Author InformationRene Dubos Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |