We must begin to rethink and reevaluate what it means to be human...

We must begin to rethink and reevaluate what it means to be human; what are the essential qualities of human existence, what metaphysical and psychological dimension make us a “humane” and not just physically human.

Allama Jafari is right, a social science that cannot account for the “essence” of humanity – the non-physical yet existentially essential aspects of human existence – is not a science that achieves its goal of gnosis, but only one that describes that which is the case within very limited parameters.

It settles for the truthfulness of “protocol sentences” - small statements of verifiable facts, that when all brought together, describe a limited dimension of life, but not nearly human existence in all its meaningful…