The Nature of a Human Being

Who among us can describe in truth the Nature of a Human Being? Are there philosophers, sages, and scientists of the past who truly know?

It is hard to tell, because the nature of a human being is almost ineffable. You can quantify and classify all that you want, but at a fundamental level, we are mysterious.

Many of the deepest questions remain: does the human soul exist? what happens after we die? what is consciousness? how does memory work? Therefore to know anything with certain is on unstable foundations given what we do know.

Yet I am more concerned with the more abstract questions. When we break down the human being into the qualities and limits of what we have available to us:

• Qualities of Will
• Qualities of Skill

Then we get a far clearer picture of the nature of a human being.