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Aristotle is often credited with the idea that human beings are essentially social beings. He believed that humans are naturally drawn to live in communities and develop relationships with others as a fundamental part of human nature.
Mencius, an early Confucian philosopher, declared that it was the nature of human beings to be good. He believed that all humans were born with an innate sense of morality and compassion, which could be cultivated through education and self-cultivation.
The philosopher who said "man is lazy" was Arthur Schopenhauer. He believed that human beings have a propensity for idleness and are often driven by a desire to avoid pain and seek pleasure.
The themes that begin to develop is the books exploration of the moral nature of human beings, that is whether people are essentially good or essentially evil.
According to the Christian creation story, God populated the earth with living beings.
Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, stated that women were imperfect beings because he believed they were created with flaws compared to men. This idea was influenced by the prevailing beliefs of his time regarding gender roles and superiority.
Sea monkies are just krill-type beings. They're essentially just little "things" forever. :)
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According to Islamic teachings, angels are beings made of light that do God's will.
Short answer: yes. Longer answer: ... as far as we know, and according to those aspects of "intelligence" valued by humans: essentially, the ability to solve complex problems and to communicate. If you consider different qualities to be the measure of "intelligence", humans might rank rather lower.
Thomas Hobbes, a philosopher, proposed the idea that human beings are inherently selfish and brutal in his work "Leviathan" published in 1651. He argued that without a strong government to control human impulses, society would descend into chaos and violence.