Being Human (Pocket)
avLeon Kass
ISBN: 9780393926392 - UTGIVEN: 2004-07The Norton Edition of this widely praised collection brings the best writings in the humanities to a college audience. Each chapter presents a question or topic central to the human experience, among them "The Search for Perfection," "Are We Our Bodies?," "Vulnerability and Suffering," and "Human Di[...]
The Beginning of Wisdom (Häftad)
avLeon R. Kass
ISBN: 9780226425672 - UTGIVEN: 200606As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in "The Beginning of Wisdom", it's also timeless. Examining Genesis in a philosophical light, Kass presents it not as a story of what happened long ago, but as the end[...]
The Hungry Soul (Häftad)
avLeon R. Kass
ISBN: 9780226425689 - UTGIVEN: 199905The Hungry Soul is a fascinating exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating. Kass brilliantly reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, and the customs, rituals, and taboos surrounding it, relate to universal and profound truths about the human animal and its deepest yearnings. [...]
Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity (Häftad)
avLeon R. Kass
ISBN: 9781594030475 - UTGIVEN: 200401These are the questions we should be asking to prevent runaway scientism with its utopian longings from reshaping humankind in the image of our own choosing. Kass believes that technology has done and will continue to do wonders for our health and longevity and that we have much to be thankful for. [...]
