Edward Wilson’s The Meaning of Human Existence
About the book:
How did humanity arise, and why did a species like ours arise on this planet? Do we have a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps the hardest question, “Why?”
This book is a philosophical work, by biologist and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Wilson, covering these and other existential questions, exploring what makes humans extremely different from all other species. Seeking meaning in what Nietzsche once called the “colors of the rainbow” around the outer limits of knowledge and imagination, Wilson takes his readers on a journey, combining science and philosophy to create a treatise on human existence in the twenty-first century–from our early beginnings to a provocative look at what predicts the future of humanity.
Wilson argues that we as a species now know enough about the universe and ourselves that we can now begin to approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life in a systematic way. He presents his broad and advanced theories on the sovereignty of human life, recognizing that although man and the spider evolved similarly, the poet’s sonnet is completely different from the web.
Why buy the book “The Meaning of Human Existence” by Edward Wilson?
“The Meaning of Human Existence” is a book that argues that the human era, originating with biological evolution and moving into pre-and then recorded history, is now more in our hands than ever before. The concern, however, is that we are about to abandon natural selection, viewing biology and human nature at will. Wilson soberly concludes that advances in science and technology bring us our most moral dilemma since God stopped Abraham’s hand.