What is human nature?

I have some to say on the matter, but interested in your thoughts...

The "nature" of man .. is spirit :)

Every attribute one imagines is of spirit ... appearing as natural/physical .

[psychoslice]

The nature of man is nature, just like all else is nature, we are not special, that is no more special than any other part of nature, in fact to see ourselves separate is not to see nature as it truly is, we are one with all else, and that is nature, that is our true nature.

[Gem]

Originally Posted by psychoslice

The nature of man is nature, just like all else is nature, we are not special, that is no more special than any other part of nature, in fact to see ourselves separate is not to see nature as it truly is, we are one with all else, and that is nature, that is our true nature.

I was reading some Foucault who says that all reality is socially constructed and that there;s no such thing as human nature.

[psychoslice]

Originally Posted by Gem

I was reading some Foucault who says that all reality is socially constructed and that there;s no such thing as human nature.

Yes you may have read that, but find out for yourself, second-hand knowledge is worth nothing.

The nature of man is a watery soul bent and shaped by experience.

[Gem]

Originally Posted by psychoslice

Yes you may have read that, but find out for yourself, second-hand knowledge is worth nothing.

That you say ^ is worth nothing to me then.

[psychoslice]

Originally Posted by Gem

That you say ^ is worth nothing to me then.

Yep, that is true, like I said, find out for yourself.

[Gem]

Hehehe, the way something is seen is put into context and that's the only way anyone speaks, so foucault isn't saying worthless things, and I'd imagine psychoslice has shelves full of 'useless' books, and has read all of them. The difference is that I read things that are various and not for the sake of perpetuating my own propaganda, not for the sake of agreeing or disagreeing, but for the sake of interest in what they might say, to what end? So a preacher can say something inane to me on a flakey internet forum? Fine, but Foucault says a very interesting thing.

Some will have their own ideas and think that's **** and others will be agreeable and the enlightened ones will use it as their preaching platform, but not me, I just wonder what he means by what he said. Of course I read further and he elaborated on it, and he say's things in a particular context, the social norm and the way we see things through that, and each of us are nothing more than figments in our own mind.

[psychoslice]

Hey we posted at the same time lol.