Nature vs. nurture

Nature is often seen as the opposite of culture - nature cannot be the result of human interference, and cultural development is achieved against nature.

There is also another take on the relationship between nature and culture. Studies suggest that culture is part of the ecological niche....

Modern authors such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau saw education as an effort against the tendencies of human nature.

Humans start out with wild dispositions using violence to achieve their desires, be disorganized, and act egotistically. Education uses culture to interfere with our natural...

The idea of nature is sometimes used to refer to anything that exists as part of the physical world.

Natural is also used to refer to a spontaneous process instead of one that occurs as a deliberate result. For example, naturally grown plants vs artificial...