File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_1998/nietzsche.9807, message 334


From: MES0075-AT-aol.com
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:00:46 EDT
Subject: Re: Three attributes? Rather, two lies and one declaration of faith.


In a message dated 7/19/98 12:03:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MarkJE-AT-aol.com
writes:

<< In a message dated 7/19/98 6:51:04 AM, you wrote:
 
 <<>  2. Humans, unlike any other species, are creators. That is, on an
 individual
 >  basis we create our own technics for living. This is the essense of our
 >  being human and this form of our expression of our will to power is
 >  responsible for all our "every art and science".
 >  However, this also creates the tragic human condition of attempting to
live
 >  outside of Nature. It is a pitiless struggle and in the end Nature proves
 >  the stronger.
 >>
 Actually, many primates have been observed creating simple tools (technics)
 for living.  Please take a class in Anthropology.
  >>

Tool use is common amongst all of the great apes, including ourselves.  When
we place ourselves in nature we must not forget who our cousins are. Our
nearest relative is the Oranguntang(sp?) and the DNA structure divers from
only 1.6 to 3.6% between all of the great apes.

M.E.


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