Is man incomprehensible to man?

About this book

There is no agreement today on the meaning of phrases like Human Nature or The Nature of Man or even on whether they mean anything at all. Here is a thoughtful contemporary survey of philosophy from Aristotle to McLuhan and Marcuse that never loses its focus on the issue: who is man? Central to the discussion is the view of Man as Inventor the inventor of symbols as well as tools. This is a unifying vision for "The highest powers of abstract thought depend on mans ability to construct and manipulate symbols."