陈祖耀在《江淮论坛》2007年第2期撰文指出:这是一个需要修正的哲学命题。哲学界长期以来认为:人的本质是人的社会性,并认为这是人与动物相区别的根本属性;还认为人的本质是多个的、多极的、多层次的复杂系统。而他认为,人的自然属性是人的本质,是人与动物相区别的根本特性。理由是: Chen Zuyao in the “JAC Forum” 2007 the second issue of the author pointed out: This is a need to amend the philosophical proposition. The philosophical community has long held that the nature of human beings is the social nature of human beings and that this is the essential attribute of the distinction between human beings and animals. Human nature is also considered as a complex system of multiple, multipolar and multi-level. However, he believes that the natural attributes of human beings are the essence of man and the fundamental characteristic of the difference between man and animal. The reasons are: