Of Human Accomplishment
Dennis Dutton,
The New Criterion,
Feb 09, 2004
Making the case that there are objective standards of human greatness requires answering the question, "What defines greatness in human achievement in the sciences or the arts?" The answer? Meaning. Charles Murray: "The sources of energy for accomplishment are a sense of (1) purpose and (2) personal autonomy. The sources for what he calls the content of accomplishment are (3) organizing structure and (4) transcendental goods." Via ArtsJournal.
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