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Human nature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Human nature is the concept that there are a set of characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting, that all 'normal' human beings have in common. The branches of science associated ...
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All animals have some basic instincts, and humans are animals, so we have those instincts as well. We have the instinct to survive and the instinct to reproduce (have children), so that the species will survive. So eating, drinking, and reproducing are instinctual behaviors.
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Human instincts are surprisingly sophisticated and subtle, having adapted over generations of trading with each other. ... Basic Instincts: Human Nature and the New Economics (Paperback) ... Basic Instincts: Human Nature and the New Economics 4.9 out of 5 stars (8); £12.99;
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These basic biological instincts and mental propensities equally predominate in human beings of all complexions in all countries and in all ages. A mere rustic, unlettered, half-naked tribal mother of an unknown hamlet of Chotanagpur Hills (in Bihar in India) bears deep maternal affection for her young children;
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The science they were doing was imaginative, entertainingly revealing about human nature and very important. Yet hardly anyone seemed to know about it. So I wrote Basic Instincts.
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I grew up in Iowa, a state neighboring Gannon's own Minnesota, where white was also dominant. I am Catholic, not Irish but Italian, first generation. ... The Bible is not the single advocate and source for morality. Basic human instincts, unless corrupted by society, bear natural traits for morality and ethical integrity.
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Every one of us possesses an armoury of instincts which keep us alive. We are often barely aware of them, but they act every day to protect us from danger and keep us fit and healthy. ... In the first programme of the Human Instinct series we explore how this most basic of instincts means we're all born to survive.
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