tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post2173616560149208728..comments2023-03-31T00:42:14.692-07:00Comments on Conversations With Chris Bernard: What is Human Nature?Molly Broganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02864214690848523445noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-16458858844800996952010-05-23T14:19:54.573-07:002010-05-23T14:19:54.573-07:00Interesting insights. When viewing the link, whic...Interesting insights. When viewing the link, which is a discussion between the philosophers Foucault and Chomsky, Chomsky contends that we are born with innate abilities to assimilate and understand language and symbols, Foucault thinks that we are not, that all language ability is learned. I am not sure what this has to do with materialism, except that to think that our human nature is Molly Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864214690848523445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-21357055060265431582010-05-23T14:13:37.957-07:002010-05-23T14:13:37.957-07:00Gad ... I read the replies and was zapped by the e...Gad ... I read the replies and was zapped by the electric materialism of the modern age!<br /><br />Honest, my very first thought was that you had said, in so many words, "in all studies of the life force, elan vital, or spirit ...."<br /><br />The entire basis of philosophy and religion is that in life, there are common unifying factors. Philosophy contends that these common traits, carcharanonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-43736705999663289522010-05-12T11:48:29.950-07:002010-05-12T11:48:29.950-07:00I would like to elevate the term "human natur...I would like to elevate the term "human nature" to "the true nature of man." All human logic and experience, unless with a spiritual foundation, is learned. The basis of man's true intelligence is divine--the wisdom and understanding that stems from one's sole Creator. I call that Creator, God. Thus, each person is equipped with the same capacity to think, reason Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911541865736441017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-60130724370715606402010-03-17T09:56:32.916-07:002010-03-17T09:56:32.916-07:00hi friends .. I like this article very helpful for...hi friends .. I like this article very helpful for me,,,,TMhttp://www.trikmotor.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-59347107716152478352010-03-16T10:55:55.133-07:002010-03-16T10:55:55.133-07:00I think that what we call 'human nature' i...I think that what we call 'human nature' is a set of potentialities that are activated and favored/tempered to varying degrees by a range of factors including our individual genetic blueprint as well as our collective social environment. In this sense, I think Chomsky and Foucault, together rather than separately, give us a more accurate story.Thought Bubble Tenhttp://thoughtbubbleten.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-16962475959493676432010-03-08T21:56:58.218-08:002010-03-08T21:56:58.218-08:00Nice post to read!!!!Nice post to read!!!!Dorothy Rimsonhttp://www.hampguide.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-51863931965725172342010-03-08T13:20:50.997-08:002010-03-08T13:20:50.997-08:00holistically humans have a body that we think abou...holistically humans have a body that we think about in the absence of thought the body persistsPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-88629740186975884452010-03-08T13:19:49.398-08:002010-03-08T13:19:49.398-08:00On the whole, I agree more with Chomsky's posi...On the whole, I agree more with Chomsky's position than with Foucault's, not necessarily for the same reasons as his. It doesn't take genius to realize that cats and dogs recognize other members of their species as deftly as humans do. There wouldn't be ant and bee colonies if they did not recognize their kind. But since linguistics is an interesting area, I don't mind taking krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-52188713772075775482010-03-05T14:25:38.268-08:002010-03-05T14:25:38.268-08:00I would argue generally in favor of human nature. ...I would argue generally in favor of human nature. Although I believe it's a combination of both, there are some examples that we are born with a certain amount of our own identity. For example, many babies react differently to ultrasounds while in the womb. Some run from it while others are calm and a select few actually move to investigate.<br />My personal belief is that we enter this worldA. Wolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-19088635786320285632010-03-04T13:32:35.942-08:002010-03-04T13:32:35.942-08:00I don't think that there is anything in human ...I don't think that there is anything in human nature that isn't learned behaviour.<br /><br />We are all born with all these intricate operating systems that constitute the instinctive apparatus of the body. (cardiovascular, nervous, digestive, etc) already operating. Yet we are unable to control this ourselves and, if we try too, we invite serious problems.<br /><br />So, I look at it Esohttp://esomangraphics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-38840139388548583982010-03-03T20:30:03.778-08:002010-03-03T20:30:03.778-08:00Human nature is but one form of a divine conciousn...Human nature is but one form of a divine conciousnes that connects all forms of matter in this plane and any other. There are too many patterns that exist for a belief in random existence to be arguable. I'm sharing my thoughts on my blog, <a href="http://www.dailyspiritualtools.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Daily Spiritual Tools</a>, and I would love your feedback. Namaste, SherrySherryhttp://dailyspiritualtools.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-3791746202661302392010-03-03T13:31:45.129-08:002010-03-03T13:31:45.129-08:00Human nature is the sum total of the way humans th...Human nature is the sum total of the way humans think which finds palpable expression in our speech, behavior and actions.krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-67120868762601992212010-03-03T13:31:07.146-08:002010-03-03T13:31:07.146-08:00The proposition requires an either or response, wh...The proposition requires an either or response, which is dualistic and by necessity invalid.<br /><br />One of the problems this question presents is that to say 'yes' is to make ourselves separate from the rest of the Universe. I have always opted for the Universal. Human Nature must ultimately be Universal Nature and in that both ends of your peice of thread come together. Which simile Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-58728868096213141022010-03-03T13:02:42.528-08:002010-03-03T13:02:42.528-08:00HPB set out to demonstrate (in The Secret Doctrine...HPB set out to demonstrate (in The Secret Doctrine) that Nature is not simply a fortuitous concurrence of atoms, and as we humans are part of Nature it seems unlikely that we are simply the product of a random concurrence of external factors. But why does the question (in the last instance) be either/or? Is there not something identifiably human in each and every one of us that is shaped into a Lanoonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-69247427740142335502010-03-03T13:00:09.353-08:002010-03-03T13:00:09.353-08:00I would like to suggest that the term human nature...I would like to suggest that the term human nature defines an envelope, or set of boundary conditions, for a finite number of emotions, characteristics or virtues common to mankind. All people exist within, however, displaying varying degrees of each, either fixed or variable.... individuality? Any individual footprint within the envelope may be influenced by any number of internal and external Artnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-24595351661162150192010-03-03T12:56:47.504-08:002010-03-03T12:56:47.504-08:00Lots and lots of answers to this one, perhaps I sh...Lots and lots of answers to this one, perhaps I shall start by simply saying that we all laugh, and a smile is translated correctly between two humans anywhere in the world.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-77595892557803772892010-03-03T07:22:50.669-08:002010-03-03T07:22:50.669-08:00Humans are beings in whom intelligence acts as a b...Humans are beings in whom intelligence acts as a bridge between the spiritual and the physical.<br />In the lower rungs of evolution .. the bridge may not be so strong... but with time it gains strength, such that, the Higher is able to sweep across the bridge and overpower the lower.Debasheenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-88299096444975035302010-03-03T07:21:46.711-08:002010-03-03T07:21:46.711-08:00That is a very interesting question.
We can add t...That is a very interesting question.<br /><br />We can add to it, does human nature change in time? In other words, was the human nature of the ancients the same as ours today?Nabilnoreply@blogger.com