Talk:Human condition
From Academic Kids
what is the difference between human nature and the human condition?
- I think "human condition" is rather independent of the emotion and preference involved, it merely describes the objective and physical stages of life, overlapping or not; but "human nature" describes more on the thinking, subjective and mental, that is going on inside the human's mind amidst these "human conditions".
For example, if self-preservation is a human nature, one will self-preserve in all human conditions, whether one is a kid or an old person. However, human nature does change along with the changes in human conditions. For example, a kid might be more concern about self-fulfillment (more selfish) than a responsible married person who has to support a family (more selfless). In short, human learns about his/her and other's nature amidst every human conditions as life goes on. --Godric 10:38, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)- It seems hobbes used the term as a synomymn, many other use it in that manner. http://www.ephilosopher.com/phpBB_14-action-viewtopic-topic-2204.html ->"I think it is just a fashionable way of saying "human nature"" although in that site's discussion there seems to be a wide range of opinions on what it is, not all of them coherent. In any case they seem to be very much related to each other.Dwarf Kirlston 20:56, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I think "Sickness" is missing from the human condition list, any comment?
In Buddhism, there are only four human conditions, birth, aging, sickness, and death. I think the rationale is that childhood-adolescence is considered aging, and love-sex-repoduction is too transient and non-universal to be considered a "human condition", for example, a monk doesn't reproduce; people who die young haven't experienced sex; some people might not have tasted love in their view.
In the mean time, I strongly vote for adding "Sickness" into the human condition list, because sickness is universal to every human, and it happens very early in life, babies get sick all the time. Followups are welcomed. --Godric 10:38, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
