Image of God
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The "image of God" is a concept and theological doctrine in Judaism and Christianity. It is a foundational aspect of Judeo-Christian belief with regard to the fundamental understanding of human nature
In "Creation of Adam," Michelangelo provides a great example of the substantive view of the image of God through the mirroring of the human and the divine.
Issues surrounding "the fall" and "original sin" often became a crucial points of contention among Christian theologians seeking to understand the image of God.
Hebrew Midrashim depict the image of God in democratic or universal terms.
Human nature
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Human Nature comprises the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the ess
Portrait of Mencius, a Confucian philosopher
Statue of Shang Yang, a prominent Legalist scholar and statesman
Early modern edition of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica (1486), Francisceumsbibliothek, Zerbst (Anhalt), Germany