{"product_id":"on-being-humane-jan-hzabl-9781532600562","title":"On Being Human(e): Comenius' Pedagogical Humanization as an Anthropological Problem","description":"There is a difference between that which is and that which is to be. Anthropologically: there is a way I am, and the way I am to be, or not to be. How are we to explain this? This book presents the argument that human nature is both complex and complicated in at least two specific ways--ontologically and ethically. In our being we are indisputably good, dignified, worthy, important, or even noble. But in our morality we are ambivalent--capable of both good and evil, the humane and the inhumane. In his paramount work Jan Amos Comenius expresses the goal of his lifelong endeavor: \"to help keep man from falling into a non-man\" (Pampaedia). If human beings are to become what they ought to be, they need to be educated towards humanity, says Comenius. But the fundamental question is, what is a human being? And what ought one to be? \"Salt ought to be salty. A river ought to be clear. A knife ought to be sharp. But what ought a person to be?\" What is the essence of our humanity? And how can that be cultivated or educated? This book presents Comenius's answers to these questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Hábl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1532600569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781532600562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pickwick Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Jan Hábl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445311156479,"sku":"9781532600562","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3098cc37-4352-4454-b85f-07a6fa4b2fda.jpg?v=1777217857","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-being-humane-jan-hzabl-9781532600562","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}