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Beast and Man The Roots of Human Nature

Paperback • 2002 • English • 1. edition

Beast and Man The Roots of Human Nature

By Mary Midgley

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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 ...Show more

Social research and statistics
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ISBN

9780415289870

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published year

2002

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Beast and Man The Roots of Human Nature

Format

Paperback

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