How does man defines his rationality? How does man act? And how he deals with the environment he belongs?
Man has his perfection and his imperfections. He is perfect in the order of being, but is insufficient in the order of operation. Which means that he possesses existence which makes him a complete being. He has a matter and form (body and soul) which makes him complete as a man. In that sense, he is perfect as a being.
But man is insufficient in the order of operation, both in his spiritual nature and his material nature. He has in him the elements of the body and soul, by whatever terms they may be called: body and soul, mind and matter, body and spirit. The body, while being complete as a body, is limited in its capacities (operation), limited in its structure (size, weight, strength), and limited in its duration (mortality). The mind (intellect and will) on the other hand, reaches out to the infinite, universal, the highest level of aspirations. His capacity to know (intellect) and his capacity to desire (will) are both infinite. His quest for knowledge has no end, and his desire for things has no end either. But this capacity to know and to desire is only in a mode of sequentiality, not simultaneity. That is, man is capable of knowing everything and of desiring everything not all at the same time but one after the other. They constitute man’s imperfections and limitations.
In spite of these limitations, however, man surpasses all other material creations by virtue of his intellect and will or what may be summed up as his rationality. Man is a rational animal who, unlike all other animals, is capable of thinking and desiring, of understanding causality, and capable of perceiving his ends beyond the here and now. He knows how to play the game in diversity and to adapt what he is accustomed to. These are the reason that man keeps on finding his purpose and continue to discover what he has to discover beyond imagination. These created man as different from all other creatures.
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This article is interesting and I agree with this article. It is true that every living things have perfection and imperfections same as to man. I could say that despite of these imperfections, man is still blessed by God.
This is true and I agree with it. When God created man, He gave him the intellect and reasoning power which separates him from the lower form of animals, that's why he's on TOP of the FOOD CHAIN. God did not make man perfect in everything so he could use that intellect and maximize his potentials in order to survive. Furthermore, God made him limited in other resources so he would learn to trust His Divine Providence and call on Him for help in order that His inexhaustible power be manifested.
While reading this article I realize one thing....
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Indeed, man as created by God in his image and likeness possess high intellect (i.e. the gift of reasoning or as rational being) but with imperfections. Despite man’s imperfections, he must take it not as an excuse but rather as a challenge to go beyond it and explore the possibilities of life. That’s all I can say about the article guys.
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Yah right... Man is capable of knowing everything, but we all have our own imperfections and limitations. We do sometimes commit mistakes and with it we our lessons.. Thanks be to God that he made us different from all other creatures. we are blessed that we know and understand things.
Perfection and imperfections of a man are natural,
since God created us. so we need to care our
body and soul that God made us and enjoy
everything good around us because there's always a limitation and time so fast.
This article is nice, because man has his perfection and his imperfections, and he possesses existence which makes him a complete being, man is capable of knowing everything.
"God is good" because god created us but we as a human we all have our individual imperfections and limitations. In this world this is no perfect person but we must learn from our mistakes. So sometimes mistakes can be our lessons in life.
This statement really tells the truth about why man is unique from all other creatures. Like any other creatures, man's body is limited but what makes him differ from others is that his mind is limitless.
This article tells us the truth about man. Animals are like man but what differs most is that God created us in his own image and has given us the knowledge and to do the things that the animals can't do. Man is not also perfect but despite of this imperfection we should put in our mind that everything happens for a reason and this happens according to the will of God.
I'm agree with this. Man has the capability to know and desire everything but has limitations and imperfections. "Nobody is perfect" as we all say but then God created us with different personalities, attitudes and etc., compared to other creatures, anything created by God are unique. Imperfection is something that we should take but doing good or doing right was the best thing that we must do. Its our choice to either do good or do bad, though God plans everything, something that we should be prepared and learned.
yes indeed. Man has unlimited intellect and desire in everything. Man keeps finding his purpose and continue to discover beyond imagination.
In the first place, man has a highest level of intellectual capability that was made by God. So I could say about this article, it is meant that a man was very significant in the world and his the one told by God to accommodate all creatures. In the sense that a man was given words which is love in order to take good care at everything on earth. On the other hand, everything that was made is blessed by God.
I do agree on this article. Human as we are have flaws. Despite all those imperfections we are given an innate power to reason out and survive in this battlefield. God created us not perfect to let us not forget to look up to HIM.
I agree with this article. Man is perfect as a being but imperfect in acts or operation. But despite of these imperfections, man is very unique in its own way.
this article is indeed true..but beyond imperfection and limitation..man still finds a way to be perfect at all..
I do agree in this article. Humans, as we all know, their desires would never end. As we get what we want,we desire another. Thats what life goes when we are humans.
Humans are not really perfect,yet he could be perfect in his own way.
Man as created by God is the crowning glory of all beings, thus, every person despite his imperfection should be given respect..
God created us perfectly in His image and likeness,...this perhaps makes man a perfect creature on earth...BUT...we can not deny the mere fact that perfection is God. Man is nothing but His servant and that He is greater than he is...man has failures...uhm,,,Definitely..you're right Catherine! man is unique.. :) in contrast from the other creatures, man is able to devise various ways to do anything or to achieve a predetermined goal. Man can acquire knowledge and can reason from it. He is able to draw conclusions, make decisions, and will to act according to a thought-out plan.
These attributes of mind and character make man God’s unique physical creation. God has shared some of His own qualities with man. And God expects man to develop and become conformed to the spiritual “image” of His perfect mind and holy character (Matthew 5:48)
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Our God creates all living things; human being is also come from god creation. In this article,it makes us educate and understand more, the true definition of a man, their rationality and how man is lucky for having a sufficient physical appearance than other living things. Nevertheless it is true that man is perfect and imperfect; they have a limitation, different and unique characteristics.
Ever since I have in my mind that nobody is perfect, but when I read this article I realized that human being has its perfection and it’s nice to know.
Ever since I have in my mind that nobody is perfect, but when I read this article I realized that human being has its perfection and it’s nice to know.
Therefor, nobody's perfect even we do everything we cannot tell that thing is perfect because we have all limitation in ourselves. But, we are lucky inspite of our limitations because unlike animals we can do whatever we want to make ourselves happy.
This article speaks of the reality of man, that is his perfections and imperfections. Man indeed has limitations but he doesn't take this limitations as hindrance to reach his aspirations because he has the ability to adapt himself in this very dynamic environment he belongs.
This article states about the man on how it becomes perfect and how becomes imperfect. A man has also many limitations in life. I believe that the quest for knowledge has no end and his desire for things has no end as well, which means that human wants are unlimited. Man is created from all other creature different.
This article speaks of the perfection and imperfection as a being that each individual has a owned decision making and free to do the things and also to imagine the way man to discovered what to discover in life.
I agree about this article because man is capable of doing everything especially in decision making despite of his imperfections. Like animals, he can do whatever he wants using the knowledge that is given by our Almighty God.
Indeed we human beings are created by GOD in his image and likeness. Of all the things he created, man tend to be the most valuable, especial and fortunate. Not just because we were created in his image and likeness but because he chose to give us the capability to breath, act, eat, do what we can and the capacity to think or the intellect with which man only had. We are perfect as a being but we cannot deny the fact that limitations do come into existence. Yes! our imagination is wide, wide enough to draw things possible. We tend to explore in order to acquire more knowledge but sometimes our capacity to do such thing is limited. Because if all the aspects of man are perfect, then there would be no such term as LIFE. We may fail at several times, but we always try to succeed. We must always remember that "life could never and would never be perfect but we must learn to appreciate life!..:)
God created us humans as the highest form of animal. I mean, we have the capability to express our feelings or different ideas. Imperfection for us is normal. Nobody's perfect around earth except our creator. We are lucky enough for we have such skills in life. Doing right or wrong is always a choice.
Yes, it is true that no two persons are the same. Ergo, we differ on how we perceive things around us. And as citizens living in a humane society we have hierarchy of living. Some are fortunate with material wealth and others are not. And that is how we differ in rationality. When we talk about how does man act, the statement "NO TWO PERSONS ARE THE SAME" this absolutely explains it. Since, we have individual differences, we too have different characteristics.
Yes it is true that individual has differences. We created by God in unique ways. It's just up to us how we deal to others and the environment. Despite of being an imperfect human, we must really appreciate how God created us and the world we live into.
A man's desire can be limitless but his body has its end. But despite of this, he should still be thankful because he has been created with intellect, something that differentiates him from all other creatures on earth.
The article seemed confusing but, but the way I understand it ,is that humans are not satisfied of what he has...and the only way to have satisfaction in life is by knowing our purpose here on earth.
I do believe with this article, that man is capable of doing something and of desiring everything not all at the same time but one after the other. Humans are perfect as being but imperfect in his/her doings or actions.
It's true that man is created as different from all other creatures. As we all know that we are created in the Image and Likeness of God which makes us Unique and different from each other. Even though we are created from God's image and likeness, but still we are not the same. Not even twins are alike. That's why every man has the capacity and the ability to think, to desire, to understand, and to learn indefinitely without limitations, borders, and boundaries. Sad to say, that because of this Unique characteristic that we have individually, our ability and capacity are also finite and has limitations due to our imperfections that hinders us of doing and going forward because of our being different from one another.
GOD made us not perfect so that we will not just believe in our own strength ..or we will just trust our self.. So that we will seek HIM and Trust HIM... WE need our BODY a food to make us survive but this is not enough in living we need the food of our soul which is the WORD OF GOD !......
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