SOME SOBERING REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SITUATION

The philosopher is like a giraffe in that he is always sticking his neck out. Nature is what nature does and undoes. Man is not a unique being existing apart from nature, he is an integral part of nature itself. The whole object in naturalizing man is not to deprive him of what rightfully belongs t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Romanell, Patrick
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:español
Publicado: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León 2021
Acceso en línea:https://humanitas.uanl.mx/index.php/ah/article/view/1191
_version_ 1824325731459530752
author Romanell, Patrick
author_facet Romanell, Patrick
author_sort Romanell, Patrick
collection Artículos de Revistas UANL
description The philosopher is like a giraffe in that he is always sticking his neck out. Nature is what nature does and undoes. Man is not a unique being existing apart from nature, he is an integral part of nature itself. The whole object in naturalizing man is not to deprive him of what rightfully belongs to him but simply to accord the proper place to him in the very universe of which he is its only articulate creature, the rest of nature being dumb, by comparison. The continuity of man and nature is embodied in human culture. Human culture is human nature in the concrete. Man is by nature a conative animal: the eternal striver from the womb until the tomb. Man strives throughout life to satisfy his individual and social needs in sundry ways, but such striving on his part begets strife sooner or later because man's basic aggressive drive to pursue his own interests tends to clash with his equally basic gregarious drive to meet the demands of others. The original state of tension between the universal but contrary drives (aggressiveness and gregarioumes) within man himself is the prime cause of all conflicts of interests in life and the primary natural source of all pheno mena of morals in human culture.
first_indexed 2025-02-05T20:35:54Z
format Article
id humanitas-article-1191
institution UANL
language spa
last_indexed 2025-02-05T20:35:54Z
physical HUMANITAS DIGITAL; Núm. 21 (1980): Humanitas Enero-Diciembre 1980; 41-50
2007-1620
2007-1620
publishDate 2021
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
record_format ojs
spelling humanitas-article-11912023-10-31T17:50:49Z SOME SOBERING REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SITUATION Romanell, Patrick The philosopher is like a giraffe in that he is always sticking his neck out. Nature is what nature does and undoes. Man is not a unique being existing apart from nature, he is an integral part of nature itself. The whole object in naturalizing man is not to deprive him of what rightfully belongs to him but simply to accord the proper place to him in the very universe of which he is its only articulate creature, the rest of nature being dumb, by comparison. The continuity of man and nature is embodied in human culture. Human culture is human nature in the concrete. Man is by nature a conative animal: the eternal striver from the womb until the tomb. Man strives throughout life to satisfy his individual and social needs in sundry ways, but such striving on his part begets strife sooner or later because man's basic aggressive drive to pursue his own interests tends to clash with his equally basic gregarious drive to meet the demands of others. The original state of tension between the universal but contrary drives (aggressiveness and gregarioumes) within man himself is the prime cause of all conflicts of interests in life and the primary natural source of all pheno mena of morals in human culture. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León 2021-09-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion FIL application/pdf https://humanitas.uanl.mx/index.php/ah/article/view/1191 HUMANITAS DIGITAL; Núm. 21 (1980): Humanitas Enero-Diciembre 1980; 41-50 2007-1620 2007-1620 spa https://humanitas.uanl.mx/index.php/ah/article/view/1191/1094 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
spellingShingle Romanell, Patrick
SOME SOBERING REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SITUATION
thumbnail https://rediab.uanl.mx/themes/sandal5/images/article.gif
title SOME SOBERING REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SITUATION
title_full SOME SOBERING REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SITUATION
title_fullStr SOME SOBERING REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SITUATION
title_full_unstemmed SOME SOBERING REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SITUATION
title_short SOME SOBERING REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SITUATION
title_sort some sobering reflections on the human situation
url https://humanitas.uanl.mx/index.php/ah/article/view/1191
work_keys_str_mv AT romanellpatrick somesoberingreflectionsonthehumansituation