http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-truth-about-human-nature
by Tsang
Shu-ki (www.sktsang.com)
22/7/2012
LIARS versus TRUTH TELLERS; essentialists
versus existentialists: this kind of dialectical pieces was what I usually read
during Sundays as a philosophy student and later as an intellectual whilst
earning a living in the capitalist system.
The "truth" about human nature is
not that complicated: we do tell lies to ourselves and others and are confused
to various extents concerning the "real" us. We struggle quite a lot
of the time, pretending to be much more stable. Anyway, instead of being a
self-righteous moral/revolutionary absolutist with big mouth and high ideals, I
would prefer to be an existentialist with leftist socio-political inclination,
and to have the honesty of admitting some of the lies, if not immediately then
afterwards.
In my younger days, I would go out and
debate with comrades on reading such an article. With sagging energy now, I
probably need a nap later.
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