Ep. 284: Mark Twain’s Philosophy of Human Nature (Part One)

from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer

Subscribe to get Part 2 of this episode. Listen to a preview. On "What Is Man" (1905). Twain describes a person as a machine. We have no free will and always act to win our own self-approval. This was a bleak enough picture that the essay was not printed until after Twain's death. Part two of this episode is only going to be available to you if you sign up at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support or via Apple Podcasts. The post Ep. 284: Mark Twain’s Philosophy of Human Nature (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.

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