“Whatever their limitations, Freud and Marx developed complex and subtle theories of human nature grounded in their observation of individual and social behavior. The crackpot rationalism of free-market economics merely relies on an abstract model of how people "must" behave.” PeopleHumansIndividualSocialHuman NatureTheoryBehaviorModelsEconomicsComplexesObservationLimitationBehaveRelyAbstractSubtleGroundedFree MarketRationalismSocial BehaviorCrackpots Author:Ellen Willis
“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
“In studying language we can discover many basic properties of this cognitive structure, its organization, and also the genetic predispositions that provide the foundation for its development. So in this respect, linguistics, first of all, tries to characterize a major feature of human cognitive organization. And second, I think it may provide a suggestive model for the study of other cognitive systems. And the collection of these systems is one aspect of human nature.” ThinkingTryingFirstsHumansMayLanguageStudyHuman NatureDevelopmentMajorsModelsAspectOrganizationFoundationStructurePropertyFeaturesCollectionsCognitiveLinguistics Author:Noam Chomsky
“For one thing, studying language is by itself a part of a study of human intelligence that is, perhaps, the central aspect of human nature. And second, I think, it is a good model for studying other human properties, which ought to be studied by psychologists in the same way.” ThinkingWayHumansLanguageStudyOne ThingHuman NatureOughtModelsAspectPropertyPsychologistHuman Intelligence Author:Noam Chomsky
“Is war an inevitable outcome of competing interests in a complex society? In other words, would war be the same even if human nature were very different? There are mathematical models of large groups working together that lead to conflict on a reliable basis. So there's a whole other view of war that is not psychological at all.” IfsHumansDifferentWarWholeTogetherInterestViewsGroupsHuman NatureConflictModelsBasesComplexesPsychologicalMathematicalInevitableOutcomesWorking TogetherCompetingLarge GroupsMathematical Models Author:Jaron Lanier
“The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.” WorldInspirationalHumansRealitySpiritualSpiritCultureBornCommunityHuman NatureUniqueModelsManifestationJust OneUniquenessHuman SpiritAttemptingBeing DifferentDifferent CulturesOther Cultures Author:Wade Davis
“Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.” HumansForceGrowsSidesJusticeTreeHuman NatureDiversityModelsBuiltMachinesSocial JusticeTendenciesInwardLiving ThingsGymnastics Book:The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill Source: The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill
“To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character.” HumansCharacterPoliticalPoliticsHuman NatureModelsSpringLastingTranquilitySpeculationPolitical SystemsFounding Fathers Gun Author:Alexander Hamilton
“If nonsatiety were the natural state of human nature then aggressive want-stimulating advertising would not be necessary, nor would the barrage of novelty aimed at promoting dissatisfaction with last year's model. The system attempts to remake people to fit its own presuppositions. If people's wants are not naturally insatiable we must make them so, in order to keep the system going.” PeopleIfsWantYearsHumansStatesLastsOrderNaturalHuman NatureFitModelsAdvertisingAggressiveLast YearPromotingNoveltyDissatisfactionRemakesInsatiable Author:Herman E. Daly