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What Is Distinctive to Man

by Brague, Rémi

2023

Summary

Brague's inquiry into what distinguishes the human being from all other animals. Drawing on philosophy, biology, and theology, he examines the capacities — for reason, ethics, self-distancing, and transcendence — that are genuinely unique to humans, and what follows from them for how we should live.

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ISBN: 978-2072986239

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Quotes from this book

• Human Dignity Grounded in What Is Distinctive
• Ethics Is Uniquely Human
• The Teleological Dimension of Human Existence
• Reason as the Distinctive Human Capacity
• The Human Capacity for Self-Distancing