What makes us humans as opposed to mere animals, is that we are not ruled by nature. Power exists naturally, the lion will tear apart the gazelle, chimpanzees w

What makes us humans as opposed to mere animals, is that we are not ruled by nature. Power exists naturally, the lion will tear apart the gazelle, chimpanzees will engage in cannibalism, it’s our humanness that allows what is natural to also be good. We should not devolve into nihilism, we should reach for what is good. Those stories are the way we describe what some material thing is doing. They most certainly exist and not just in my head, they’re just not material.