On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson
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- Pub. Date: October 1978
- 260pp
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- ISBN-13: 9780674634428
- ISBN: 067463442X
Synopsis
In his new preface E. O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sociobiology, and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed that book persuaded him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the understanding of human behavior.
The New Republic - Nicholas Wade
A work of high intellectual daring…Here is an accomplished biologist explaining, in notably clear and unprevaricating language, what he thinks his subject now has to offer to the understanding of man and society.
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Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hölldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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January 31, 2007: Typical 'crap' about how human beings are just bugs with bigger brains and that there is no free will nor rational altruism!
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August 16, 2000: This book humbles the human species with the remark 'Human intelligence is weak, human passion unsurprising.' If you want to understand human nature rather than simply to live a human life, then you should read this book. It informs readers about the human dilemmas. The author's awareness of these dilemmas reflects his keen consciousness and profundity. The book shows that science can explain human nature, including aggression, altruism, and religious faith. It delights readers with a scientific analysis of human development and free will, reminding them that humans, like all organisms, are under their genetic and biological constraints although the phenomenon of human culture seems to indicate otherwise. It proposes a course for the human species where human's understanding and knowledge could be greatly accelerated. It's a very fine book from a very fine mind.
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