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245 10 a| Perfection :b| coming to terms with being human /c| Michael J. Hyde.;

300 a| xvii, 322 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-308) index.;

505 0 a| Coming to terms with perfection -- God on a good day -- Interpreting the call -- The otherness all around us -- Reason -- Beauty -- The lived body -- The good life, the good death -- The biotechnology debate -- On being an oxymoron.;

520 1 a| "In a survey of the history of the idea of human perfection, Michael J. Hyde leads an excursion through philosophy, religion, science, and art. 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 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 burgeoning rhetoric of "our posthuman future." It is a triumphant examination of the human quest for significance."--BOOK JACKET.;

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Perfection : coming to terms with being human / Michael J. Hyde.

Author/creator	Hyde, Michael J., 1950-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, ©2010.
Description	xvii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Perfection.

Contents	Coming to terms with perfection -- God on a good day -- Interpreting the call -- The otherness all around us -- Reason -- Beauty -- The lived body -- The good life, the good death -- The biotechnology debate -- On being an oxymoron.
Review	"In a survey of the history of the idea of human perfection, Michael J. Hyde leads an excursion through philosophy, religion, science, and art. 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 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 burgeoning rhetoric of "our posthuman future." It is a triumphant examination of the human quest for significance."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-308) index.
LCCN	2009029959
ISBN	9781602582446 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	1602582440 (cloth : alk. paper)

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