Without everything a person can but only not without a person an essay. Essay on the topic “A person can do without much, but not without a person” (L
Essay topic:
“A person can do without much, but not without a person”
(L. Berne)
Performed: Gasanova A.
11th grade student
MKOU "Secondary School No. 12"
Supervisor: Shamkhalova S.R.
social studies teacher
MKOU "Secondary School No. 12"
Izberbash - 2015
Introduction. The statement of the famous German publicist and writer Ludwig Berne, “a person can do without much, but not without a person”, is true and it is impossible to disagree with him. The relevance of this statement lies in the fact that man is a social being and he needs communication. And communication is the main factor in the formation and development of personality.
Main part . During the study of social studies, we got acquainted with different types needs: biological, social, spiritual.
Of all the needs, biological ones ensure the vital activity of a person, and, if necessary, they adapt to certain difficulties (hunger, war, devastation, disease, etc.).
If we talk about social needs, then we understand that a person cannot fully live without people, cannot adapt to loneliness. He, remaining alone for a long time, can go crazy or simply die. To substantiate my arguments, I want to give several arguments:
- Another argument in favor of the fact that a person cannot live without his own kind, This is a character from the work of Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe. Finding himself after a shipwreck on a desert island, Robinson has been waiting for a meeting with people for 28 long years. In theory, he should have died or gone insane. But if you think carefully about the content of the work, you can understand that it was the opportunity to “talk” with a parrot, and then with a native, that saved the hero from loneliness and imminent death. This gave Robinson Crusoe a chance.
The character from the work of R. Kipling is Mowgli, a child who grew up among wolves and was brought up by them. V real life children like Mowgli who lived outside of human society with early age exhibit behaviors that are characteristic of their adoptive parents, such as fear of humans. The process of their socialization is complicated, especially for those children who at an early age (five or six years) had no connection with society. They cannot master the human language, walk straight, communicate clearly with other people. Even the years later spent among people, where they received enough care, did not help them become full-fledged members of society. This indicates how important for the development of the child his first years of life for the formation of social experience and social behavior.
An example from life. The subject is a child, brought up in dysfunctional family, deprived of parental care and communication, cut off from society, often does not attend school, closed, lowered, self-esteem. All this subsequently leads to the fact that they use alcohol and drugs, begin to lead an antisocial lifestyle. The child does not withstand these difficulties, and as a result, their fate often ends tragically.
Conclusion. The saying of L. Berne is the truth, with which one cannot but agree. We are people and we need other people to communicate, share our experiences, provide all possible assistance, support in difficult life situations.
Based on the above, I draw the following conclusions:
The existence of human society is based on communication, and communication is possible only in the presence of two or more persons. This means that a person alone is doomed to death, and L. Berne was right when he said that "a person can do without much, but not without a person."
From the course of social science, we know that man is the highest stage in the development of living organisms on Earth. At its core, a person is a biosocial being, that is, he is part of nature, but at the same time is inextricably linked with society. At birth, a child can be called a human only from a biological point of view, but not from a social point of view, since he has not yet gone through the process of socialization, that is, the assimilation of cultural norms, traditions and values necessary for further functioning in society.
A person has certain needs, in other words, a need for something. Human needs can be divided into biological, social and spiritual. Social needs mean social activity, communication, self-realization in society. These needs are inextricably linked with the social essence of man, thanks to which we have become the highest stage in the development of living organisms on Earth.
Social needs cannot be fulfilled without direct contact with other people. Also, alone, a person cannot become a personality - an individual with a set of socially significant features, properties and qualities that he uses in his social life.
I agree with the opinion of the author. Confirmation of the author's words is such a phenomenon as a "child-mowgli", that is, a child raised by animals and, therefore, not past process socialization. So, in the first half of the 20th century, a girl Kamala was found in India, who lived among wolves until she was 8 years old. She walked on all fours, ate raw meat, was afraid of sunlight and howled.
When the Channel was found, it turned out that it was very difficult to introduce it to human society. Even by the age of 17, the level of her development corresponded to the development of a four-year-old child.
There is also a known case when an adult who had lived away from society for many years was found by people in a state of complete inability to social interactions. Alexander Skerlik, mate on an English ship, was left on a desert island for his violent temper. During the time spent away from people, he completely lost his social traits and, like the "Mowgli children", became only a representative of the human species. A few years later, he completely forgot how to speak, and after being found by people, he was forced to completely go through the process of socialization again.
The famous Russian writer and philosopher Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy in his work often touched on the problem of human need for a person. For Tolstoy, human happiness is impossible without other people. The heroes of the epic novel "War and Peace" gain personal freedom, begin to believe in happiness and thirst for life after they accept the importance of the people around them. So, Andrei Bolkonsky, the hero, who at the beginning of the work appears to us as a person who has lost spiritual ideals and aspirations, acquires a personal meaning of life when he begins to sincerely appreciate and love loved ones.
I would like to end my essay with one of famous quotes Leo Tolstoy: "A person who separates himself from other people deprives himself of happiness, because the more he separates himself, the worse his life."
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"A person can do without much, but not without a person"
(L. Berne)
I believe that the statement of Ludwig Berne, a German publicist and writer, that "a person can do without a lot, but not without a person" is true and remains relevant today, since communication is the main factor in the formation and development of personality.
As far as I know from the course of social studies, needs are the needs of a person for something. Needs can be conditionally divided into three groups: biological (needs for food, water, normal heat exchange, movement, procreation, etc.), social (needs for labor activity, social activity, self-realization and self-affirmation in society, etc.) and spiritual (the need for knowledge, knowledge, elements of spiritual culture). The former form and ensure the vital activity of the human body, but there are whole line situations in which a person cannot fully satisfy fundamental needs. An example of such situations can be the hardships of wartime, crop failures and mass famine. Of course, in those days there were many losses, but people were able to survive these disasters, because a person can adapt to circumstances such as war. What, however, cannot be said about social needs, since initially people are arranged in such a way that they cannot fully live without their own kind. Such a life is nothing but existence, and often a person, left alone for a long time, goes crazy or simply dies.
A vivid example is the so-called "children - Mowgli", who grew up in conditions of social isolation. These are human children who lived out of contact with people from an early age and practically did not experience care and love from another person, had no experience of social behavior and communication. Children raised by animals exhibit (within the limits of human physical capabilities) the behavior characteristic of their adoptive parents, for example, fear of a person. The process of their rehabilitation is extraordinarily complicated, since those who lived in animal society for the first 5-6 years of their life practically cannot master the human language, walk upright, communicate meaningfully with other people, despite the years subsequently spent in the society of people, where they got enough care. This once again shows how important the first years of his life and the experience of social behavior and communication are for the development of r*****ka.
Another no less significant example is children who grew up in asocial conditions - children from poor families. They grow up and are brought up from an early age in an unfavorable environment, experience constant fear, lack of love and care from their parents. Such children are isolated from society, they do not go to school; withdraw into themselves, fence off from adults, including parents; they have low self-esteem; they use alcohol and drugs. Of course, in the end, this does not lead to anything good, and it is really a pity for these children, because they know more about life than other adults. Too much they had to endure and experience.
Undoubtedly, one cannot but agree with the saying of L. Berne, since a person needs another person, because it is he who can share feelings and experiences, provide all possible assistance, support in difficult situations. It is impossible to ignore the fact that it is communication that plays important role in satisfying one of the biological needs - the reproductive need, since communication helps people get to know each other better, find common interests, get as close as possible, laying the foundation for marriage.
Thus, from all of the above, we can conclude that communication is the basis of everything, and in the absence of another person it is impossible. This means that L. Berne was right when he asserted that "a person can do without much, but not without a person" and I completely agree with him.
“A person can do without much, but not without a person”, K. Burne
Completed by: Ekaterina Yakovleva, 10th grade, MOU gymnasium No. 3 named after M.F. Pankova
Head: Kitaeva Tatyana Konstantinovna, teacher of history and social studies
I chose the statement of Karl Ludwig Berne - a German publicist and writer of the 19th century, a witty and caustic polemicist. In my opinion, the aphorism: “A person can do without much, but not without a person”, raises acute social issues of interaction and communication between people, the essence of human existence. I think the famous writer was right, man is a biopsychosocial being and one of his many social needs is communication. Communication with people, especially in our time, is one of the determining factors in everyone's life. But this is a general, broader view of the problem, which is still relevant today. It seems to me that in this aphorism it was not only about the whole society, as an important factor in existence, but about relatives and people close to us - family, friends. They accept us over and over again as we are, with mistakes, defeats, bad moods and problems. After all, it is not in vain that the concept of "family" keywords are community, help, responsibility: a family is a small group based on marriage or consanguinity, whose members are connected by common life, mutual assistance, moral and legal responsibility. I will give a personal example: not so long ago, a not very pleasant situation happened to me - I quarreled with a person close to me. Then the whole gamut of feelings raged in my head, I was offended, depressed, upset. We never reconciled, and after a couple of days I found out that this person had problems at that moment, he actually had no one to talk heart to heart with. When I heard this, my first thought was from resentment: “So what, it’s also a reason for me, you can live well without close people.” But then I remembered all the tears and all the pain that I had after quarrels with friends, a burning sense of loss. At that very moment, I understood this person, felt guilty and wanted to talk to him as soon as possible. This situation involuntarily prompted me to think about whether a person is able to live if there are no people next to him who love him and are ready to be there in the worst of days. There are many people in the world who are rude to others, who are insultingly honest and not ready to compromise. Maybe this means that a loving family is waiting for such a person at home or faithful friends, and he is protected by their love, therefore he does not consider it necessary to choose expressions in communication with other, strangers. It is from loved ones that he, like any other person, draws strength to live, to remain himself, to perceive each new day not as a tragedy, but as new opportunities or just a time full of pleasant events. People who have someone to go to at a difficult moment are poorly aware of the full value of such a gift. Taking this for granted, we forget that our world will turn from color to black and white at once if loved ones leave it. In life, a person needs not only society and others, but also those who love him and whom he himself loves. There were situations in my life when loneliness corroded from the inside, like acid. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me, until now, remembering it, I shudder involuntarily and realize with relief that everything has passed. I sincerely hope that this will not happen again in my life, because there is simply nothing in the world that can help at this moment. Life then loses its meaning, and I am sure that feelings of this kind overwhelm not only me, but all people. Indeed, a person can do without many material goods, but can a person do without a person? My answer is no, "a man without people" is a paradox, and our life without them is a simple pencil drawing, not bright colors.
“Having obeyed the law of the crowd, we return to stone Age» , S. Parkinson
Completed by: Vasyuta Anastasia, 11th grade, secondary school No. 26
Head: Golubeva Lidia Ivanovna
In my opinion, S. Parkinson in his statement meant that one of worst vices v modern world and throughout the history of mankind is indifference. But what is the source of this vice? Crowd. Having merged with the general mass, a person loses his individuality, his own opinion, himself. A person obeys the general opinion of the masses surrounding him. "Crowdism" really makes quite educated and intelligent people look like a "human herd". A crowd of religious fanatics on the infamous St. Bartholomew's night killed everyone, without making out who was in front of her - a Catholic or a Huguenot. As J. Artega y Gaset said: "Mass is a set without any special virtues." A person cannot move forward, develop internally and develop something or someone around him, being in a crowd. The psychology of the crowd is simple and unpretentious. And sometimes dangerous. Or the crowd, seeing only the goal of its leader, sweeps away everything in its path and steps over everything moral principles(As an example, consider genocide, the Holocaust and other nationalist violations of human rights, when "the masses crush the masses"). Or, in a crowd without a clearly defined leader, panic settles, which leads to hysteria or mass insanity. Crowds of football fans organize riots: arson, fights, acts of vandalism, without thinking about the consequences. Getting into the crowd, a person succumbs to spontaneous pressure and merges with the majority. Or he gets lost and, perhaps, this is even more tragic - he is trampled on (literally and figuratively). He becomes a prisoner of the cruelty and narrow-mindedness of people. But what creates a crowd? What makes people obey the "law of the crowd"? I think this is the eternal problem of loneliness. Looking for a way out of the surrounding emptiness, a person naturally strives for people, without thinking about whether he really needs it. But loneliness rather leads to the crowd. And “crowdism” is generated in many respects by limitedness and unwillingness to develop independently, not without reason gifted, talented people are mostly lonely. Unfortunately, the phenomenon of the crowd quite often overwhelms the youth. Not yet fully formed and not having found themselves, young people, under the influence of youthful maximalism, plunge into a gray or, on the contrary, too motley mass (it is under the pressure of mass character that many begin to smoke at a very early age; the principle applies: “Everyone smokes - and I will!”) . So, "crowdism" is, first of all, degradation, which has no place in the life of a civilized person.
"One must stand on one's own two feet and face the world... See the world for what it is and not be afraid of it." Bertrand Russell
Pupils of 9 "B" class Rogovskaya Alina MOU "Gymnasium No. 5"
Head: Evsyutkina Valentina Mikhailovna G. Khabarovsk
There is hardly a person who, in the first second after reading this quote, does not agree with the idea of the statement. After all, many people around constantly repeat about the “correctness” of this thought. But why, then, in history there are many examples of people who turned their backs on society and tried to create their own “ideal” world, away from human vices and shortcomings? Noticing the disharmony and injustice of life, some, having decided that creating a new society is easier than improving the existing one, organized utopian communes. Throughout human existence there have been such people. Remember how much famous philosophers, disappointed in life, tried to realize their ideas about a perfect world? The examples of Robert Owen, who left the English “educated society” and organized the communist productive community “New Harmony” in America, Emanoil Bălăceanu, the Romanian landowner and thinker, who turned his estate into a phalanstery “Agricultural and Manufacturing Association” (a kind of commune), show that a full-fledged, harmonious life of a closed "irreproachable" society is impossible. Such artificially created "organisms" cut off from the world cannot exist and develop independently of the problems and events of real life. In modern society, there are also those who want to create their own unreal world, but more often these are people who have withdrawn into themselves and have cycled their lives on alcohol, drugs, computer games, that is, on things that can create the illusion of a world without problems and worries. I think that such people are followers of hermits. But if earlier unauthorized outcasts went into the forest to be alone with nature, modern "hermits" are left alone with their addiction. There is another way to create a "perfect" society - religious sects. Now people are hoping for better life sometimes ready to give everything they have, strangers which often turn out to be scammers. I believe that attempts to hide from the problems and imperfections of the world society are futile. Let's take a look at all three methods. artificial creation new world: political, individual and religious. Let's start with the political. As history shows, organizations that run from the injustice of the existing society create even greater injustice within themselves, sometimes even dictatorship. Consider an example that everyone knows - the building of communism, which began under slogans worthy of an "ideal" world, and ended with a totalitarian society. Now let's turn to the individual path - people who are hostages of their addiction simply physically cannot continue a normal existence and often end up very sadly. Religious sects are the way of death of a person's personality. The founders of sects crush the character of those who got there and force them to obey themselves. Therefore, I think that one should not try to create one's own "impeccable" worlds, but in order to develop one's own concept successful person, you must follow Russell's advice: boldly invade the world, not be afraid of difficulties and failures, have your own position in life and be able to defend your own convictions. After all, by developing ourselves, we improve society, raising our morality, we form higher moral principles in society, paying attention to our education and culture, we make our society more significant! Each person has a choice how to find a place in this life. I chose the path of Bertrand Russell - to go towards the world. And in conclusion, I would like to write my poem, composed a few months ago, which, in times of doubt and despair, will remind me of my choice:
Leaving this world is easy
Forgotten by a dream, it will dissolve ...
After all, if thoughts are far away
And so pleasant that you can't sleep,
You forget about everything
What is spinning in my head in the morning.
And you're neither alive nor dead
Living in dreams, in reality you are destroying ...
You won't emerge from the sea of thoughts,
If you don't fall in love with illusions...
So what! Let it be impossible difficult
Utopia to leave for
Not inclined to faith and mercy
Realities, happy false.
But you live, fight, suffer,
Or a thick stream from the eyes
Live, hot tears will flow,
When you didn’t live, but you have to die ...
(L. Berne)
"The family is the crystal of society" (V. Hugo).
"I fully share the author's opinion that the family is the crystal of society. In my opinion, Victor Hugo wanted to say that the family is the most important social institution, because it plays one of the most significant roles not only in the life of one particular person, but also society as a whole.According to the author, the family is the basis of society, its main cell, which has a significant impact on the process of socialization of the individual, because it is the family that is responsible for the primary socialization of the child, and under its influence the personality is formed.
One cannot but agree with the author. Indeed, the family is the most important link that makes up society as a whole. This link largely determines what society will be like and how it will develop. So what is a family? The family is primarily a social institution, which means a stable set of people, groups, institutions whose activities are aimed at fulfilling specific public functions and is governed by certain rules, norms of behavior. Undoubtedly, the activity of the family is aimed at performing the most important functions in the life of society. One of them is the reproductive function, i.e. the family reproduces the population. Secondly, it performs the function of primary socialization. It is important to note that socialization is a process that goes on throughout a person's life, during which social roles, social norms and knowledge about the world around are assimilated. The function of the family in primary socialization is manifested in the fact that parents and elders pass on their life experience, knowledge, and skills to children and younger ones. Thus, adult members of the family prepare the younger ones for life in society, outside the family. For example, in the Ivanov family, a mother tells her daughter how to make soup tastier, and in the Petrov family, a father teaches his son how to hammer nails correctly. Thirdly, the family performs a regulatory function, that is, family members exercise mutual control over each other's behavior. So, for example, in the Sidorov family, a mother checks whether her daughter follows the rules of the road. The family also performs a leisure function, which consists in the fact that family members jointly spend their holidays, organize leisure, maintain health. For example, the Vladimirov family goes to the camp site every weekend. The next and no less significant function of the family is emotional and psychological. This function is manifested in the fact that a favorable psychological climate is created in the family, a sense of security is formed in the family. Also, with the help of the family, people satisfy their emotional needs, family members emotionally support each other. For example, in the Antonov family, Yulia is preparing for exams, and all family members support and encourage her. In addition, the family performs an economic function, which manifests itself in the fact that the family forms and uses its own budget, organizes the consumption of products and services. Household responsibilities are also distributed in the family. For example, in the Alexandrov family, household chores are distributed as follows: mom prepares food, children set the table, and dad washes the dishes. Thus, the family is indeed a social institution whose activities are aimed at performing the most important functions.
But along with the fact that the family is a social institution, it is also a small social group. We emphasize that a social group is a collection of people who have some common, socially significant feature. In turn, the following features are characteristic of a small social group: small size, direct personal contacts, close, emotionally colored, informal relationships; common activities, interests, goals. It is obvious that the family has the above listed features, and, therefore, is a small social group. So what does the family mean as a small social group? A family is a small social group based on marriage and consanguinity, whose members are connected by common life, mutual responsibility and mutual assistance. It is customary to distinguish two types of families. This is, firstly, a simple (nuclear) family, that is, a family consisting of spouses and unmarried children, and, secondly, a complex (extended) family, that is, a family that includes three or more generations or two or more nuclear families living together and connected by a common household. Currently, sociologists distinguish between two forms of families: patriarchal and democratic. For a patriarchal or, as they say, a traditional family, specific features are characteristic. One of them is that several generations live under one roof and the leader is an older man, whose will all family members unquestioningly fulfill. There is also a clear division and consolidation of male and female responsibilities. In addition, in patriarchal families, there is an economic dependence of a woman on a man, and the role of a woman is that she brings up children and runs a household. In turn, a democratic or, in other words, a partner family has its own special features: a fair division of household duties, a joint discussion of problems, decision-making with the participation of all family members, and the economic independence of a man and a woman. It is worth noting that partner families predominate in modern society.
Unfortunately, we have to admit the fact that the modern family is in crisis. This is manifested in the fact that childless, incomplete families are becoming more common, the number of divorces is growing, and deviant behavior in the family is increasing. True, the social state is taking special measures to solve these problems. For example, in Russia, parents are paid cash benefits at the birth of a child, provide financial benefits, introduce leave in connection with caring for small children, and create preschool childcare facilities.
Thus, the family is both a small social group and a social institution. The family still remains the basis of society, its foundation. This means that the great French writer Victor Hugo was absolutely right when he said that the family is the crystal of society and his words, spoken in the 19th century, remain relevant today"
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“Nature creates a person, but develops and forms his society” (V. G. Belinsky).
Man is a biological and social being. All his life he goes through the process of socialization - familiarization with traditional values, the foundations of the world around him. This process is limited by two poles: birth and death. From early childhood, a person is surrounded by primary agents of socialization: family, kindergarten, school. The formation of character and worldviews are the main tasks of primary agents. Secondary agents of socialization, such as universities, professional institutions, the workplace, form a picture of the vast surrounding world and a person's place in it. Thanks to the agents of socialization, a person becomes a personality, shows his individual characteristics and ability to interact with people. A person can determine who he is by comparing himself with other people, listening to the opinions of others. According to Maslow's theory, there is a pyramid of human needs. The foundation of the pyramid is biological needs (thirst, hunger, sleep, procreation); in the middle of the pyramid are social needs (labor, self-realization); and the highest are spiritual needs (knowledge, worldview). All needs are closely related. A person cannot live without food, water, and air, and then he cannot live without communication with other people. History knows the facts that without communication with people a person goes crazy, and without developing his intellectual abilities, he ceases to be a person and lives at the natural level, satisfying biological needs.
Thus, the fundamental basis of a person is his biological essence, and the core basis is his social essence. I fully agree with the opinion of the famous writer V. G. Belinsky that “nature creates a person, but develops and forms his society”.
"In modern times, everything is politics" (S. Kierkegaard)
S. Kierkegaard raises the problem of politicization of all aspects of human life, not only in a single country, but also in the world. What is politics? Politics is the art of governing society. Manage with what? With the help of power, there are all conditions for exerting influence. These are political organizations, parties, bureaucracy, political relations, political ideology, and all this is aimed at organizing life.
Under a democratic regime, the state, being the main political institution that exercises power on behalf of the people, adopts laws, codes and other documents by which the country lives. For example, a person has approached the retirement age, it is drawn up according to the law on pension provision, a person wants to marry - the Family Code is in force.
Globalization processes are taking place in the international arena today. There is also an international order of relations, which is called geopolitics. The geopolitical structure of the world is based on the principles of unipolarity or multipolarity. International policy, as suggested by Dmitry Medvedev at the summit in New York, should be based on multipolarity, i.e. mutual respect, taking into account the interests of countries, and not dictate, any one country. Today on the world stage there are such international organizations as the IMF, UN, OPEC, ICRC, WTO and others and many international documents that regulate the life of people in the world.
For example, if a person wishes to have the citizenship of another country other than Russia, there are international documents on granting dual citizenship, and the countries have agreed that there can be no triple citizenship. If human rights are violated in any country, international organizations have the right to intervene.
In conclusion, I come to the conclusion that life outside of politics is practically impossible today. Power organizes, protects, provides an opportunity to develop, meet the needs of man and society.
“Only a being with reason can be unreasonable. Animals do not commit unreasonable actions "(T. Oizerman)
In this saying, Oizerman raises the problem of a person's responsible attitude to the products of his mental activity.
This problem, in my opinion, is relevant in the modern world. After all, according to anthroposociogenesis, a person as a biopsychosocial being has the most highly organized essence, possesses advanced thinking and consciousness. He is able to create an artificial environment, use the forces of nature to create something new. For example, the famous scientist D. Sakharov was one of the developers of atomic weapons, the hydrogen bomb. The theory of nuclear fission can be beneficial, or it can cause irreparable harm to nature, society, and man. D. Sakharov then spoke about this in his speeches.
Indeed, a person can achieve the goal by choosing the means and methods of activity. And he can choose an immoral, evil method. A striking example of this is deviant behavior, namely delinquency. For example, a knife can also serve as a murder weapon, or the painkiller morphine can serve as a drug.
But the behavior of animals is always predictable, because. it reflects the instincts inherent in nature. Man has already studied animals well and knows what to expect from them.
Thus, thanks to thinking, a person invented many objects, things, theories, teachings. He can use all this for the benefit of himself, society, nature., And maybe to the detriment. Everything depends on the moral state of a person, what value and moral guidelines he uses. The words of the Russian philosopher and historian Solovyov “A person can be defined as an animal that is ashamed” confirm the idea that a person chooses how to act and is responsible for his actions, which should be based on moral norms, but this is not always the case.
“A person can do without much, but not without a person”
(L. Berne)
I believe that the statement of Ludwig Berne, a German publicist and writer, that “a person can do without much, but not without a person”, is true and remains relevant today, since communication is the main factor in the formation and development of personality.
As far as I know, from the course of social science, a need is a person's need for something. Needs can be conditionally divided into three groups: biological (needs for food, water, normal heat exchange, movement, procreation, etc.), social (needs for work, social activity, self-realization and self-affirmation in society, etc.). ) and spiritual (needs for knowledge, knowledge, elements of spiritual culture). The former form and ensure the vital activity of the human body, but there are a number of situations in which a person cannot fully ensure the satisfaction of fundamental needs. An example of such situations can be the hardships of wartime, crop failures and mass famine.
Analyzing social needs, we understand that a person cannot become complete outside of human society. Initially, people are arranged in such a way that they become members of the human community. They were in the hands of a doctor, mother, surrounded by family. Life in isolation from human society is nothing but existence, and often a person, left alone for a long time, goes crazy or simply dies.
A vivid example is the so-called "Mowgli children", who grew up in conditions of social isolation. These are human children who lived out of contact with people from an early age and practically did not experience care and love from another person, had no experience of social behavior and communication. Children raised by animals exhibit (within the limits of human physical capabilities) the behavior characteristic of their adoptive parents, for example, fear of a person. The process of their rehabilitation is extraordinarily complicated, since those who lived in animal society for the first 5-6 years of their life practically cannot master the human language, walk upright, communicate meaningfully with other people, despite the years subsequently spent in the society of people, where they got enough care. This once again shows how important the first years of his life and the experience of social behavior and communication are for the development of the child.
Another no less significant example are children from dysfunctional families. They grow up and are brought up from an early age in an unfavorable environment, experience constant fear, lack of love and care from their parents. Such children are cut off from society, they do not go to school, withdraw into themselves, cut themselves off from adults, including their parents. They have low self-esteem, they use alcohol and drugs. Of course, in the end, it does not lead to anything good. It is really a pity for these children, because they know more about life than other adults. Too much they had to endure and experience.
Undoubtedly, one cannot but agree with the saying of L. Berne, since a person is not only a natural, but also a social being living in a special world - in society. A person needs another person, because it is he who can share feelings and experiences, provide all possible assistance, support in difficult situations. It is impossible to ignore the fact that it is communication that plays an important role in satisfying one of the biological needs - the reproductive need, since communication helps people get to know each other better, find common interests, get as close as possible, laying the foundation of marriage.
Thus, from all of the above, we can conclude that communication is the basis of everything, and in the absence of another person it is impossible. This means that L. Berne was right when he asserted that "a person can do without much, but not without a person."
