Abraham joshua heschel who is man

Your rating has been recorded. Write a review Rate this item: 1 2 3 4 5. Preview this item Preview this item. Who is man? West memorial lectures on immortality, human conduct, and human destiny , Many important aspects of the problem of man have not been discussed in this volume, while others have been dealt with too briefly. But the volume will serve as a prolegomena to a more comprehensive study in which I have been engaged for some time--from preface.

Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Save Cancel. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item What is meant by being human? What are the grounds on which to justify a human being's claim to being human? Is it not conceivable that our entire civilization is built upon a misinterpretation of man? Or that the tragedy of man is due to the fact that he is a being who has forgotten the question: Who is Man?

This book deals with these questions. Read more Reviews User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Be the first. Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Tags Add tags for "Who is man? Similar Items Related Subjects: 5 Philosophical anthropology. Description One of the world's most illustrious and influential theologians here confronts one of the crucial philosophical and religious questions of our time: the nature and role of man.

Heschel inquires into the logic of being human: What is meant by being human? What are the grounds on which to justify a human being's claim to being human?

In the author's words, "We have never been as openmouthed and inquisitive, never as astonished and embarrassed at our ignorance about man. We know what he makes, but we do not konw wha he is or what to expect of him. Is it not conceivable that our entire civilization is built upon a minsinterpretation of man?

Or that the tragedy of man is due to the fact that he is a being who has forgotten the question: Who is Man? The failure to identify himself, to know what is authentic human existence, leads him to assume a false identity, to pretending to be what he is unable to be or to not accepting what is at the very root of his being.

Ignorance about man is not lack of knowledge, but false knowledge. Product details Format Paperback pages Dimensions x x 9. Other books in this series. Add to basket. Flap copy One of the world's most illustrious and influential theologians here confronts one of the crucial philosophical and religious questions of our time: the nature and role of man.

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Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter. Fierman, Leap of Action , Heschel, God in Search of Man , Heschel, Man Is Not Alone , Heschel, No Religion Is an Island , ed. Harold Kasimow and Byron L.

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