The document discusses whether humans are products of their environment or nature. It defines environment as everything that surrounds and affects us, and product as the result of influential factors. The thesis is that while our environment is a major determinant of our personality and characteristics, defining us to a certain extent, there are also natural factors like genetics that make us individuals. It then provides several claims and counterclaims about how aspects of the environment like clothing, music, language, and emotions can influence us or be independent of the environment. In the end, it concludes that physically we are the product of both our genes and how our environment provides for our growth and development, while non-physically we are influenced by our environment to a certain extent but