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The descent of man
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So, there's a wonderful quote from The Descent of Man, which was his 1871 book, where he says, "The most refined beauty may serve as a sexual charm and for no other purpose.
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- Discusses 1871 publication date“his 1871 book”3
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The Descent of Man, the book about sexual selection, and in the run-up to publishing it, Darwin and Wallace had this big disagreement about the role of sexual selection.
Darwin also noticed this and he actually called this the strongest I I don't remember the exact words but it's in his book The Descent of Man he calls it the the strongest impulse in animals is to react in this way to noticing the suffering of other animals.
Susan Cain EconTalk · Oct 2024 Reviewers of The Descent of Man, his book on sexual selection in 1871, see the idea of arbitrary evolution of beauty as a traitor to Darwin's true cause.
He then returns to the topic at great length in The Descent of Man in 1871.
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The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin is an 1871 scientific work that expands on evolutionary theory by focusing heavily on sexual selection, human ancestry, and the development of social and moral faculties. Jordan Peterson mentioned the book on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast while outlining reference materials for show notes, while Alex Story touched upon Darwin's concluding remarks regarding human descent during the same episode. Matt Ridley discussed the book at length on EconTalk, citing Darwin's specific observations on sexual selection, the evolution of beauty, and historical disagreements between Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Susan Cain referenced the text on EconTalk to highlight Darwin's observations on animal empathy and the impulse to react to the suffering of others. Richard Prum also mentioned the work on People I (Mostly) Admire when analyzing historical reviews of sexual selection, and Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks cited the volume on The Tim Ferriss Show to examine Darwin's perspectives on altruism.
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Jordan Peterson I will make a list of the books that we discussed fabianism and the Empire and Darwin's descent as well as… 1
“I will make a list of the books that we discussed fabianism and the Empire and Darwin's descent as well as John Maynard Keane's uh biography”
Matt Ridley So, there's a wonderful quote from The Descent of Man, which was his 1871 book, where he says, "The most re… 3
“So, there's a wonderful quote from The Descent of Man, which was his 1871 book, where he says, "The most refined beauty may serve as a sexual charm and for no other purpose."”
“He then returns to the topic at great length in The Descent of Man in 1871.”
“But when it came to the descent of man, the book about sexual selection, and in the run-up to publishing it, Darwin and Wallace had this big disagreement about the role of sexual selection.”
Alex Story the one of the the last um sentence of uh descent his last book is essentially I would rather be a um a des… 1
“the one of the the last um sentence of uh descent his last book is essentially I would rather be a um a descendant from a monkey than a Savage”
Jeffrey Tucker the other was called The Descent of Man and The Descent of Man had the very unfortunate paragraph in there… 1
“the other was called The Descent of Man and The Descent of Man had the very unfortunate paragraph in there where he gret regrets the invention of mass disease killing Juris”
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks he wrote it in his book the dissented man 1
“he wrote it in his book the dissented man”
Richard Prum because reviewers of The Descent of Man his book on sexual selection in 1871 see the idea of arbitrary evol… 1
“because reviewers of The Descent of Man his book on sexual selection in 1871 see the idea of arbitrary evolution of beauty as a traitor to Darwin's true cause”
Susan Cain Darwin also noticed this and he actually called this the strongest I I don't remember the exact words but i… 1
“Darwin also noticed this and he actually called this the strongest I I don't remember the exact words but it's in his book The Descent of Man he calls it the the strongest impulse in animals is to react in this way to noticing the suffering of other animals”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and it was the main and most difficult part of his second book The Descent of Man”