| This question <123|128> overall <124|126> PAE: <1858|159>. |
| Question 99: Why did God create something as imperfect as nature and humans? (And what does this have to do with the topic at hand?) Compare chapter 1 in Cohen's Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence. |
| [125] PAE: It think God created something as imperfect as humans and nature because in doing so it gives both the ability to change for the better. Nature as much as humans is able to take a disaster, fire, flood, or whatever and still flourish. Look at the way a forest recovers after a massive forest fire. Just the same humans have the ability to take raw materials combined with intelligence and attempt to make changes which better ourselves on many different levels (physically, emotionally, spiritually). Also we have the ability to recognize situations or different ways of thinking that make society in general better off. |
| I think that is what this topic of being imperfect and the ability to change has to do with Marx's Capital in general. Marx is trying to give people a different view of society and the way our economy works. I think his view is that the capitalist system we have works for now but can be changed to better suit the needs of a greater amount of people. If we were all just perfect we wouldn't be reading anything like Capital because we would have no reason to ever change anything. |
| While humans and nature will never be perfect it is imperative that we try and always evolve by exchanging new ideas. If society was always scared to change none of us would have any of the wonderful things we have today. |
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