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Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 is a 2003 book by the political scientist Charles Murray.
- Charles A. Murray
- 2003
Nov 9, 2004 · Eye-opening and humbling, Human Accomplishment is a fascinating work that describes what humans at their best can achieve, provides tools for exploring its wellsprings, and celebrates the continuing common quest of humans everywhere to discover truths, create beauty, and apprehend the good.
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- 2003
- Charles A. Murray
- Charles Murray
Nov 9, 2004 · From the title, Human Accomplishment details the successes of humans from 800 BCE to 1950—2750 years of achievement by the top-tier of homo sapiens. Statistically speaking, the average person will neither contribute nor perform anything absolutely significant to society.
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reach of the human mind and spirit—heights that are most visibly attained in the arts and sciences. The first purpose of this book is to assemble and describe inventories of human accomplishment, a task that implies the book’s first thesis: the dimen-sions and content of human accomplishment can be apprehended as facts. It is more
Murray's new book, Human Accomplishment, is a study of the known history of such remarkable leaps. It covers the 2,750 years from 800 B.C. to 1950, employing both anecdote and argument to awaken "a sense of wonder" at the greatest feats of human accomplishment in art and science (p. 53).
Feb 20, 2022 · Human Accomplishment, CHARLES MURRAY. Collection. opensource. Murray finds that the european white people outshine all other areas in accomplishment. For example, he writes: "Whether measured in people or events, 97 percent of accomplishment in the scientific inventories occurred in Europe and North America" (p. 252).
Nov 9, 2004 · Eye-opening and humbling, Human Accomplishment is a fascinating work that describes what humans at their best can achieve, provides tools for exploring its wellsprings, and celebrates the...
