I just read "HumanKind" a nice book that paints a new tone regarding the history of humans, emphasizing that much of the "progress" attributed to the enlightenment is actually sourced from more ancient roots. We are wired, not as Thomas Hobbes claims us to be - nasty and brutish, but as more benevlonent, interdependent and supportive creatures.
Much of history does seem to be cast in the light of the narrator!
Thanks for commenting, Ravi. I love that book. A must read for anybody who has lost hope in humanity.
You should definitely read The Dawn of Everything. They discuss not only the the absurdities of Hobbesian dogma, but how ridiculous it is that after all these years we're still trapped in the insistence that human behavior can only be defined by dubious Hobbesian or Rousseauian claims.
You might also like The Geography of Morals by a Duke philosophy professor. A trip around the world exploring alternative historical perspectives on morality.
I just read "HumanKind" a nice book that paints a new tone regarding the history of humans, emphasizing that much of the "progress" attributed to the enlightenment is actually sourced from more ancient roots. We are wired, not as Thomas Hobbes claims us to be - nasty and brutish, but as more benevlonent, interdependent and supportive creatures.
Much of history does seem to be cast in the light of the narrator!
Thanks for commenting, Ravi. I love that book. A must read for anybody who has lost hope in humanity.
You should definitely read The Dawn of Everything. They discuss not only the the absurdities of Hobbesian dogma, but how ridiculous it is that after all these years we're still trapped in the insistence that human behavior can only be defined by dubious Hobbesian or Rousseauian claims.
You might also like The Geography of Morals by a Duke philosophy professor. A trip around the world exploring alternative historical perspectives on morality.
Thanks for reading! 💖👍
Nice recommendations...will add them to my reading list.