Who Is Human?

[Guest guest]

P: Yes, a human body is a community

of cells, but a human mind is a reflection

of the society which created it. Feral children

are human only in body. A prisoner kept in isolation

for months, or years, goes mad.

 

 

L: Some people seem to do quite well living alone.

P: Some people don't care to be human.

 

L.E: The human mind both reflects and initiates. That's part of our living. So

perhaps we are part product and part producer.

I don't know about feral children. If they lived for some years in the wild,

they know how to survive and that is much more than existing only in body. As

for being human, that is the expression of millions of years and countless

generations even if they cannot talk, eat with a fork or play a musical

instrument. Maybe they could learn to beat a drum though.

The prisoner example is extreme and doesn't apply to most ordinary people. Just

a bad argument.

And to imply that those who live along don't care to be human is a stupid thing

to say. Really, are you that dumb or are you just kidding?

People who live alone often have radios, TVs, books and write, internet, etc.

And even if they had no cultural impliments they will still be totally human.

 

Larry Epston