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What does it mean to be Human?
  • MarvinMarvin December 2012
    Posts: 236
    This is a response that I made to the question on a Philosophy forum and I thought that it might be meaningful on this forum.

    In answering this question, I will be repeating some of the same points that I have made before on this forum, but it is probably worth repeating. I believe that Christian Existentialism and personalistic philosophy which represent what I believe a compensatory movement against overly rationalistic and reductionist philosophies and tendencies of our time contain the key to what it means to be human. From Kierkegaard: A human being is a synthesis of opposite pairs; Finitude/Infinitude, Necessity/Possibility, and The Temporal/The Eternal. ... From Personalistic Philosophy especially Nikolai Berdyeav; A human being is an individual/person. As an individual he or she shares similar characteristics with other human beings, but as a personality is absolutely unique.
    To the Things Themselves

    The Humility that comes from others having faith in you

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  • ringnutringnut December 2012
    Posts: 1,668
    I found 'The Life of Pi' gives a good response to this question. I thoroughly enjoyed the book - the tension between the animal nature and the divine as we drift through the storms of our life. Am looking forward to the movie, btw.
    'Never underestimate what god can do with really shitty materials.' Robin V
  • MarvinMarvin December 2012
    Posts: 236
    Individual/person

    Quote: "Most people tend to devalue one or another aspect of the human reality. In our feeling for the real, in our world views, some of us would grant existential priority to the natural organic aspects of things, whereas others would grant this priority to the cultural-symbolic aspects of things. In sum, we all tend to invest human objects in a lopsided way, at one time or other. Hence, our idea of a properly esthetic blend of spirit and matter will vary in each individual case." .... From the book: "The Structure of Evil" by Ernest Becke
    To the Things Themselves

    The Humility that comes from others having faith in you

    http://gamnot27.wordpress.com/
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