What a Piece of Work: On Being Human
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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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Oppenheimer, H. (2016). What a Piece of Work: On Being Human. Andrews UK.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Oppenheimer, Helen. 2016. What a Piece of Work: On Being Human. Andrews UK.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Oppenheimer, Helen, What a Piece of Work: On Being Human. Andrews UK, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Oppenheimer, Helen. What a Piece of Work: On Being Human. Andrews UK, 2016.
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