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Integral Humanism

INTEGRAL HUMANISM - CHAPTER 3

Yesterday we considered man as an individual. There are different aspects of an individual personality, different levels of needs of an individual. In order to develop complete personality, to satisfy the needs progressively but simultaneously at all levels, certain specific kinds of effort's are needed. These, too, were considered. But man does not exist merely as an individual. The individual comprising of body, mind, intellect and soul as not limited to singular "I" but is also inseparably related to the plural "We". Therefore we must also think of the group or the society.

It is a simple truth treat society is a group of men. But how did society come into being? Many views have been put forward by philosophers. Those propounded in the West and on which the western socio-political structure is based can be broadly summarized as "society is a group of individuals brought into being by the individuals by an agreement among themselves." This view is known as "Social Contract Theory". Individual is given greater importance in. this view. If there are any differences in different western views, these pertain only to the questions, namely, "If the individual produced a society. then in whom the residual power remains vested, in the society or in the individual? Does the individual have the right to change the society? Can the society impose a variety or regulations on the individual and claim a right to the allegiance of the individual to itself? Or the individual is free as regards these questions?"

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About Chapter 3
Integral Humanism
Individual Versus Society
Why Mighty Nations Of Antiquity Perished ?
What Is A Nation?
Chiti,Culture, Dharma
Institution : A Means To Fulfill National Needs
Society And Individual Not Conflicting Pg1
Society And Individual Not Conflicting Pg2
Dharma Sustains The Society
Dharma And Religion Are Different Pg1
Dharma And Religion Are Different Pg2
Dharma And Religion Are Different Pg3
Dharma And Religion Are Different Pg4
Dharma And Religion Are Different Pg5
Dharma And Religion Are Different Pg6
Dharma And Religion Are Different Pg7
Dharma And Religion Are Different Pg8
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