What a Piece of Work
On Being Human
Published on 17. October 2016
146 pages
978-1-84540-425-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is a small book on a large subject: What is special about human beings? Hamlet mused, 'What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how like a god!' but went on to speak of 'this quintessence of dust'. Helen Oppenheimer prefers to start with the dust and move to the glory: we really are animals - and from these animals has come Shakespeare. People are indeed 'miserable sinners' - and also magnificent creatures.The author does not disguise that she is a Christian theologian whose subject is ethics, but she writes equally for non-Christians. Her invitation to the reader is: Here is a way of looking at things that I find exciting and convincing - I hope you do too.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Luton, Bedfordshire
United Kingdom
Product notice
Windows
File size
0,95 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84540-425-3 (9781845404253)
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08/2006
Imprint Academic
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Front Matter
- Title Page
- Publisher Information
- Dedication
- Quote
- What a Piece of Work
- Preface
- Only Human
- Appreciation
- Excellence
- Fellow Creatures
- Responding
- Loving
- Recognizing
- Making Friends
- Hoping
- Speaking - Human Glory
- Speaking - Human Responsibility
- Thinking
- Telling
- Making
- Owing
- Forgiving
- Praising
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- Index
- Also Available
