Individuals are characterized by different degrees of propensity to socialize. There are individuals for whom any contact with other individuals is a painful necessity. They literally have to put up with people, and people have to put up with them. At the other extreme of the spectrum there are individuals who absolutely cannot live by themselves and are even ready to spend time in the company of people whom they do not really like rather than be alone. Between these two extremes, there is an extreme variety of conditions, although by far the greatest majority of people are closer to the type who cannot face loneliness than to the type who has no taste for human intercourse. Aristotle recognized this fact when he wrote that “Man is a social animal” and the validity of his statement is demonstrated by the fact that we move in social groups, that there are more married people than bachelors and spinsters, that so much wealth and time are wasted in fatiguing and boring cocktail parties, and that the word loneliness normally carries a negative connotation.
What do we mean by necessity and contingency? Philosophers have different ways of conceptualizing these two options. By necessity, they may mean that something is strictly entailed, that it has to be the case, or that it is true in all possible worlds. By contingent, they may mean something that could be true or not, that it might be the case, or that it is true in some but not all possible worlds. It may be thought necessary that 2 + 2 = 4 but contingent that Oslo is the capital of Norway. Norway could, in theory, have chosen Tromsø as their capital city, but there is no possibility at all that 2 + 2 could not have equalled 4.
Nietzsche believed that, in some sense, that Christianity died at its own hand that spend a very long period of time trying to attune people to the necessity of truth. Then the truth, the spirit of the truth that was developed by Christianity turned on the roots of Christianity.
- Biblical Series l, Jordan Peterson
Budur!
... for the strength of a man and the softness of a woman, the institution of the family,
and the differentiation of occupations are mere militant necessities of an age of
physical force. Where population is balanced and abundant, much childbearing becomes an evil rather than a blessing to the State; where violence comes but rarely and offspring are secure, there is less necessity—indeed there is no necessity for an efficient family, and the specialization of the sexes with reference to their children’s needs disappears.
"Erkeğin gücü ve kadının yumuşaklığı, aile kurumu ve mesleklerin ayrımı, fiziksel gücün önemli olduğu bir dönemin sadece savaşa dayalı gereklilikleridir. Nüfus dengeli ve bol olduğunda, çok fazla çocuk sahibi olmak devlete bir nimet değil, bir zarar haline gelir; şiddet nadiren ortaya çıktığında ve soy güvende olduğunda, etkili bir aileye ve cinsiyetlerin çocuklarına yönelik uzmanlaşmasına gerek yoktur.
Death was a necessity that life might continue.
"Hard work was a necessity of life."
"Çok çalışmak yaşamın bir gereğidir."
Sayfa 47Kitabı okudu
If, as I believe, the ends of men are many, and not all of them are in principle compatible with each other, then the possibility of conflict - and of tragedy - can never wholly be eliminated from human life, either personal or social. The necessity of choosing between absolute claims is then an inescapable characteristic of the human condition. This gives its value to freedom as Acton conceived of it - as an end in itself, and not as a temporary need, arising out of our confused notions and irrational and disordered lives, a predicament which a panacea could one day put right.
