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082 _a179.9
082 _bH993-M62
100 _aHyde, Michael J.
100 _d1950-
100 _eAuthor
245 _aPerfection
245 _bComing to Terms with Being Human
245 _cMichael J. Hyde
260 _aU.S.A.
260 _bBaylor University Press
260 _c2010
300 _a322tr.
300 _bhardcover, illustrations
300 _c24 cm
520 _aIn a survey of the history of the idea of human perfection, Michael J. Hyde leads an excursion through philosophy, religion, science, and art. He delves into 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 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 burgeoning rhetoric of ""our posthuman future."" It is a triumphant examination of the human quest for significance.
650 _aVirtue
650 _aReligion Philosophy
650 _aPsychology
856 4 _uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14659/per.jpg
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911 _aNguyễn Thị Kim Phượng
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