How Long to Read The Mediocre Man

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mediocre Man?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read The Mediocre Man by Jose Ingenieros

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The book that made the most powerful impact in my adolescence was "El Hombre Mediocre" (The Mediocre Man), Jose Ingenieros' most important work. I read it when I was 17 years old, growing up in my Argentina's Pampas. Upon its completion, and motivated to drink all I could from his rich fountain, I found his published works and made quick progress with all of them as you may as well, once you devour his first page. Jose Ingenieros grew up in Argentina, where he graduated as a physician from the University of Buenos Aires in 1900. He later became a psychiatrist but his deep love for literature kept him active in intellectual endeavors throughout his short life. He was philosophically most influenced by Herbert Spencer, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Auguste Comte. He became an active positivist philosopher, embracing effort and education as the pillars of human development and achievement. His philosophy was akin to Ayn Rand's, but he wrote this book in 1913 when Ms. Rand was just 8 years-old and decades before The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged were published, motivating so many in college campuses throughout the United States over the past seven decades. He wrote about the human condition, society and the motivations behind human behavior. The mediocre man is that quantitative man, able to understand more from less but not the best from the worse. The Idealist is a qualitative man who distinguishes the bad he observes from the better he imagines. After reading Ingenieros, reviewing his concepts of idealism and his merciless flogging of mediocrity, I could no longer sit idle in my free time. It forced me to observe human behavior under a different glass and light, and while we continue to be complex creatures difficult to throw into boxes and impossible to paint with a broad brush, it has provided motivation and opened my eyes to geniuses of creation, saints and heroes alike. It has helped me look for answers to understand our Universe and my place within it. It has reaffirmed the role of reason and observation in that quest and reduced the importance of dogma. His most important philosophical and social work is translated here for your enjoyment. At a time when human attention is under attack by so many distracting stimuli and influences, I hope this short book will motivate new generations of adolescents to emulate Jose Ingenieros and the eternal values he discussed and promoted.

How long is The Mediocre Man?

The Mediocre Man by Jose Ingenieros is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mediocre Man Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read The Mediocre Man aloud.

What Reading Level is The Mediocre Man?

The Mediocre Man is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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