One of the intriguing and stimulating wonders of human life is the curiosity of Human Nature. What makes humans analyze and act the way they do? There are countless different theories behind what is human nature and how each human have come to acquire the set of trait each individual carries and exposing how they have come to be. From Nurture to Nature there are countless different philosophies that have tried to bring to light one of the exceedingly basic instincts behind every human, our nature.
Robert Nozick compares human nature to being able to pass down examples of behavior that are worthwhile, love, kindness, enthusiasm, etc., all traits that each individual exhibit through emotions that each human personally bears. In this way it is something similar to the way…show more content… Furthermore, Plato believes that the ability to reason is the strongest part of human nature, and that it should, and does rule over the other two parts of human nature, appetite and aggression. He gives an example in his writings that “by practicing self-control, a person can learn eventually to restrain and control his or her appetites and aggressive impulses.” There are different types of appetites one can have, hungers, thirsts sexual desires as well as other desires the body may have. Aggression being the impulses that each individual may feel such as, anger, lust, emotions that can be acted upon without thought first. With the ability to reason, Plato and Aristotle, one of Plato’s students, believe that humans can draw logical and rational thoughts before acting upon impulses and use reasoning and self-control to restrain and control our urges. Notably I remain inclined to agree with parts of theses philosopher’s ideas, in that self-control “reasoning” is a extraordinarily strong part of human nature, and that it is a unique characteristic that that sets humans apart from other
