I have a bit of a long question: humans are said to have human nature, and because of our sharing of this human nature there is a distinct ‘humanness’ shared by us all that is expressed uniquely in each individual human. But, surely we identify the nature ‘human’ based on the common properties that we all share. But, if this is the case, I fail to see why we don’t have a bipedal nature, and a two eyes nature, and a hair nature, and whatever else. Do we say that we only have one nature, human, and how do we distinguish between natures and common ways in which a nature is expressed (i.e., some humans have red hair so it is not common to all humans, but could it not just as well be the case that there is a red-hair nature that is uniquely expressed in each individual with red hair)?
I recommend fount of knowledge by John of Damascus, the book on philosophy. You can easily find a free copy online. He gets into all these type of things, sounds like you are talking about "accidents".
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I have a bit of a long question: humans are said to have human nature, and because of our sharing of this human nature there is a distinct ‘humanness’ shared by us all that is expressed uniquely in each individual human. But, surely we identify the nature ‘human’ based on the common properties that we all share. But, if this is the case, I fail to see why we don’t have a bipedal nature, and a two eyes nature, and a hair nature, and whatever else. Do we say that we only have one nature, human, and how do we distinguish between natures and common ways in which a nature is expressed (i.e., some humans have red hair so it is not common to all humans, but could it not just as well be the case that there is a red-hair nature that is uniquely expressed in each individual with red hair)?
I recommend fount of knowledge by John of Damascus, the book on philosophy. You can easily find a free copy online. He gets into all these type of things, sounds like you are talking about "accidents".
Dr. Jacobs takes a look at your question in episode 25's Q&A this week!