Human Nature

An analysis of the differences in the concepts of human nature as represented by British Enlightenment thinkers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.

Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection by John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick paints a fully-rounded picture of the mental, emotional, physical and societal issues caused by social isolation.

Do you often wonder how life can be so tough, and then again be so beautiful? Here is some of my insight on life's complexities.

Review of the Charlie Kaufman movie Human Nature, about how people who've lived with apes adjust (or not) to human society. Interesting at times, funny at times, certainly bizarre at times, but not Kaufman's best work.

Blaise Pascal, a devout Christian and precursor to existentialism, offers a compelling argument for man's dignity in the face of his biblical diminution. Pascal departs from the teachings of the Bible with his definition of man and its implications.

A philosophical approach to looking at human nature supported by science.

Is violent behavior truly a factor in our genetic makeup? Is there a "violent-gene"?

examines the role of good and evil within various hawthorne works

In this essay, I will focus on the capacities for human goodness found in human nature by Mencius and defend his views against the attacks of Xunzi. While Mencius focused on the good in human nature, Xunzi focused on the bad in human nature.

Counseling topics covering the entire plethora of human behaviour. It'll help with your understanding of people. It answers some of life's difficult questions.

Human nature, power, and political authority - the Catholic point of view.

There are a number of scientific branches associated with the study of human nature. These include sociology, psychology, sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and developmental psychology.

What is meant by the term "human nature?" In one sense, it is supremely uninformative. The "nature" of any existent can be defined simply as "that which that existent is."

A short article talking about the effects of Human Nature. Understanding the natural laws which govern you and your partner can help restore relationships and avoid the break up. It can also be used to gain the trust and wanting of an ex partner.

The crown and glory of human life is his nature and character. Hot country people are lazy, cold country people are hardy and temperate ones in-between.

The Latin American writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is one who often utilizes an unique literary style known as "magical realism," defined in the Bedford Anthology as a "mixture of realism, myth, and the miraculous."

a poem about human nature

Thoughts on Creationism and Evolution.

This article discusses Benjamin Franklin's and Thomas Jefferson's views on education and how it relates to human nature.

emotions and the ability to form attachments

Evaluation of claims regarding human nature as it relates to forms of government; a response to Mr. Richard Carriero's "Is Democracy Natural?"

This essay examines the role of human nature in government through the scope of Marx's Communist Manifesto, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, and James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay's The Federalist Papers.

An examination of Dostoevsky's theories of human nature as seen in Raskolnikov and Porfiry.

It is my assertion that novels consistently provide their readers with a more accurate comprehension of humanity than does scientific psychology.

A short essay on human nature in war comparing Lord of the Flies, and the movie Empire of the Sun.

A look at the birth of Western philosophy from the minds of Euripides, Thucydides, and Plato.

This paper explores Mary Shelley's conception of human nature and contrasts this with the views expressed by Pico della Mirandola in his Oration on the Dignity of Man.

While it can be said that Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud offered virtually identical views of human nature and of the society in which they lived, it must be stated that they lived in different societies.

The question of human nature has haunted mankind for years: are we born with genetically predisposed characteristics and behaviors, or are we born as blank slates, our characteristics and behaviors to be determined?

A discussion of the origins of moral responsibility in the Classical World, specifically in the works of Euripides and Sophocles.

Some ideas and thoughts about when to tell an intimate partner your deepest-kept secrets.

Who wouldn’t love to feel that rush of adrenalin you get while high speed racing?

Although autumn is a time of celebration, reflection, and giving thanks, the season also represents opportunities for new beginnings and progression.

So what's so beautiful about affliction? Just think, without affliction we may not have had our current President, Mr. Obama. So disturbed by the United States' troublesome state of affairs, it moved him to toss his name on the presidential ballot with a mission of making change.

We pursue those despite becoming aware they are doomed to failure. Cutting losses, being practical and knowing history repeats will get us to a new path to real progress. Otherwise, we are doomed to failure pursuing for short-term political vantage.

In the ten years since our Nation was attacked, I have learned a great deal about the magnificence of human resilience, and the love one person can have for another. Lessons that have forever changed me.