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"Man is by nature a social animal." Who said this?

"Man is by nature a social animal." Who said this? Correct Answer Aristotle

The correct answer is Aristotle.

Key Points

  • An isolated life is unbearable for man and he can’t develop into a normal individual in isolation.
  • The essence of the fact is that man has always belonged to a society of some sort, without which he can’t exist at all.
  • Society fulfils all his needs and provides security to him. He took birth, grows, live and die in society.
  • Without society, his life is just like fish out of water.
  • That is why famous Greek Philosopher Aristotle remarked more than two thousand three hundred (2300) year before that, “Man is a social animal. He who lives without society is either a beast or God”.
  • Hence sociability or sociality of man is the main reason why man lives in society.
  • Man learns all his social qualities from society itself.
  • Hence there exists a great deal of close relationships between man and society.

 

Additional Information

  • Auguste Comte:
    • ​He was the first to propose the concept of "sociology".
    • He identified three basic methods for discovering these invariant laws, observation, experimentation, and comparison is also known for its three-stage law. These three stages are theological, metaphysical, and positivist.
    • Auguste Comte was born in Montpellier(France).
  • Herbert Spencer:
    • He was an English philosopher who started a philosophy called "Social Darwinism."​
    • He firmly believed that it could also be applied to human society and enthusiastic supporter of Darwin's theory of evolution.

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