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Perfection - Coming to Terms with Being Human (Paperback)
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Perfection - Coming to Terms with Being Human (Paperback)
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In a masterful survey of the history of the idea of human
perfection, prize-winning author and noted rhetorician Michael J.
Hyde leads a fascinating excursion through Western philosophy,
religion, science, and art. Eloquently and engagingly 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 very notion and ""Otherness"" of God, the empirical and
ontological 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 bourgeoning rhetoric of ""our posthuman
future."" It is nothing short of a triumphant examination of why we
humans are challenged to live a life of significant insignificance.
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