“It's a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature and of the concepts of liberty, freedom, and self-determination. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of economics. He (Obama) believes that the pie is fixed and that he needs to more equitably divide up the slices.” NeedsBelieveHumansSelfLibertyHuman NatureConceptsDeterminationEconomicsFundamentalsFixedDividesSelf DeterminationPieMisunderstanding Author:Paul Ryan
“Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.” WritingBookWould BeHumanityLiteratureHuman NatureConcepts Author:Hermann Hesse
“But the 20th century suffered "two" ideologies that led to genocides. The other one, Marxism, had no use for race, didn't believe in genes and denied that human nature was a meaningful concept. Clearly, it's not an emphasis on genes or evolution that is dangerous. It's the desire to remake humanity by coercive means (eugenics or social engineering) and the belief that humanity advances through a struggle in which superior groups (race or classes) triumph over inferior ones.” BelieveHumansMeanTwoUseDesireHumanityBeliefSocialRaceClassStruggleGroupsCenturyDangerousHuman NatureEvolutionConceptsMeaningfulSuperiorsIdeologyTriumphGenocideDeniedGenesEngineeringInferiors20th CenturyEmphasisMarxismEugenicsRemakesSocial Engineering Author:Steven Pinker
“Marx's early manuscripts, with their roots in the Enlightenment and Romanticism, derived fundamental concepts such as alienation from a conception of human nature - what we would call genetically determined.” HumansHuman NatureEnlightenmentConceptsRootsFundamentalsDeterminedConceptionAlienationRomanticismManuscripts Author:Noam Chomsky
“There is nothing more mysterious about the concept human nature than about the concept bee or chicken nature, at least for those who regard humans as creatures in the biological world.” WorldHumansHuman NatureCreaturesConceptsRegardMysteriousChickensBees Author:Noam Chomsky
“The American founders, when framing their governments, looked to the Bible for insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority and other concepts essential to the establishment of a political society. They saw in Scripture political and legal models - such as republicanism, separation of powers, and due process of law - that they believed enjoyed divine favor and were worthy of emulation in their polities.” HumansGovernmentLawPoliticalOrderSocialProcessVirtueSawsHuman NatureDivineEssentialsAuthorityModelsConceptsInsightWorthyDuesFavorsScriptureSeparationEnjoyedEstablishmentFoundersCivicsSocial OrderFramingSeparation Of PowersDue ProcessEmulationRepublicanismCivic VirtueDue Process Of Law Author:Daniel L Dreisbach
“At the heart of the message of the Savior of the world is a single, glorious, wonderful, still largely untried concept. In its simplest terms the message is that we should seek to overcome the selfishness we all seem to be born with, that we should overcome human nature and think of others before self.” ThinkingWorldShouldHumansHeartStillsSelfSeemsTermBornWonderfulHuman NatureMessagesConceptsOvercomingSelfishnessGloriousSaviorSimplest Author:James E. Faust
“Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature, bridge the gap between ancient wisdom and modern science, and reconcile the differences between Eastern spirituality and Western pragmatism.” HumansRealitySpiritualityDifferencesModernHuman NatureConceptsWesternAncientBridgesProportionGapsEasternParadigmReconcileUnprecedentedModern SciencePragmatismParadigm ShiftAncient Wisdom Book:Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transcendence in Psychotherapy Source: Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transcendence in Psychotherapy
“Economic activity is no longer an adversarial contest between embattled sellers and buyers "In the distributed economy, where collaboration trumps competition, inclusivity replaces exclusivity and transparency and openness to others becomes essential to the new way of conducting business, empathic sensibility has room to breathe and thrive. It is no longer so constrained by hierarchies, boundaries of exclusion, and a concept of human nature that places acquisitiveness, self-interest, and utility at the center of the human experience."” WayHumansSelfInterestRoomsEconomyEconomicHuman NatureTrumpActivityEssentialsConceptsCompetitionBreatheBoundariesThriveOpennessCollaborationNew WaysSensibilityContestsHuman ExperienceHierarchyUtilitySelf InterestTransparencyExclusionSellersConductingBuyersExclusivity Author:Jeremy Rifkin