Wednesday, April 11, 2007

The Second Definition

The 2001 edition of the Random House Webster's College Dictionary says nature is:

5. the particular combination of qualities belonging to a person, animal, thing, or class by birth, origin, or constitution; native or inherent character. 6. character, kind, or sort: two books of the same nature. 7. characteristic disposition; temperament: an evil nature. 8. the natural, primitive condition of humankind. 9. biological functions or urges. 10. the laws and principles that guide the universe or an individual.


I find the frequent use of the term "character" very interesting. Let me know what you think.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What is character?

Kevin said...

your mothers a character trebek!

ha ha

Coffee Joe said...

Character often seems to be a description of a regularity in behavior which then may or may not be attributed to an internaly motivating nature.