Since people create culture, then about mansaid a lot, even too much. We will approach the problem “Proverbs on the topic“ Person-Personality ”. The originality lies in the fact that we will give the reader a certain direction of creative searches. This means that it will be discussed about the authors, whose books are fully or partially devoted to the problem of man.
Friedrich Nietzsche: "Man is a strained rope between the beast and the superman"
Mass consciousness used to associate the name of Nietzsche withfascism. Like, he was the ideologue of this flow. Indeed, Hitler borrowed some ideas from a 19th century thinker, distorting them beforehand. In fact, it is difficult to determine to which century Nitsche belongs. Chronologically and biologically, he belongs to the 19th century, and mentally, emotionally, he is a man and a philosopher of the 20th century. We will stick to facts, not emotions. Nietzsche could not stop Hitler, since he died in 1900.
Great anthropologist
Nietzsche has many merit in philosophy, but one ofthey are annoyed by the people most of all: the thinker was the first to publicly declare a mass man. Said he is a “dirty stream.” But in general, "Man is something that must surpass." In other words, Nietzsche is a peaceful philosopher who preached on self-improvement using the dictionary of a warrior. Nietzsche needs to read everything, but especially "Thus spoke Zarathustra." In this book, “for all and for no one,” you will meet many things, including various statements about a person’s personality.
José Ortega y Gasset, The Rising of the Masses (1930)
Thirty years after Nietzsche's deatha work came out (see subtitle), which became revolutionary in its own way. It was given not only the genesis of the mass man as an anthropological type, but also described its characteristics in detail. In the book of H. Ortega (he preferred to be called that way) the main intrigue is tied up in the confrontation of the mass man and the creative person.
Two anthropological types are fundamentallythey differ from each other in that one (first) is a consumer, and the second is a doer. One is a bummer and a “civilizational boor,” who thinks that the whole world exists only to meet its needs. The other is in a state of constant creative search and invention of himself, the transformation of the self. The book H. Ortega is fascinating and written in a lively and accessible language that even a schoolboy can handle. This is not G. V. Hegel and not M. Heidegger. Of course, it has a lot of interesting and interesting things. In other words, such that could replenish your knowledge base with the common title “Proverbs on the topic“ Man (person) and famous quotes about him ”.”
Irwin Yalom, "When Nietzsche Wept" (1992)
Do not be afraid, this is an art book dedicated to the event, which was not really.
Freud's teacher, Joseph Breuer, came LouStraw and said that her friend, she thinks, is very sick. Could a professor talk to him and see him? The professor agreed. This friend is Friedrich Nietzsche. Breuer takes on "talk therapy." Historically, psychoanalysis arose later, of course. But Yalom deliberately shifts the historical perspective. Although the facts in this book are not the main thing, the main thing in it is that it is saturated with wonderful aphorisms about man and human life. And Breuer just did not know who got to his clients. Nietzsche himself is a great anthropologist and psychoanalyst, along with, for example, A. Schopenhauer. It is not surprising that during the analysis, the client and the doctor change places, and already Nietzsche “heals by talking” the doctor, checks the authenticity of his life. Among the wonderful dialogs written by Yalom there are some such (we do not vouch for accuracy, we only convey the meaning):
- Why do you think you became a doctor?
- I dont know. Father insisted.
- Who chose this for you?
- Probably culture, dynasty. I always wanted to be a musician.
Russian folk themed aphorisms(proverbs) "Man (person) and his private life" are searched in this sense with difficulty. For our culture, an individual is a value of a negative order. So it was in the days of the peasant community, so it was in the Soviet Union. Now they are trying to enslave a person in Russia with the help of various “corporate ethics”.
Вообще Ирвин Ялом умело стилизует свою прозу «под Nietzsche. The German philosopher never said what he wrote Yalom, but he could well say so. For example, this: "Before you have children, you need to be born yourself."
I remember the thought of S. Dovlatov that some even 50 years old are not enough to become like a person. This is a sad thought, albeit ironic.
The reader may be indignant and say that this is not a proverb on the theme “Man (person)”. But it is much better! And aphorisms of national production will still be, no doubt.
Blaise Pascal, "Thoughts" (1657 - 1658)
“Thoughts” is a curious book, wonderful.There are many reflections on religion there, but they are so unobtrusive, so gentle, that they do not spoil the book at all. On the contrary, somehow you involuntarily begin to think about God. In any case, it is not the main thing in it. The main thing is that B. Pascal spoke about man. For example, the famous aphorism that a person is a “thinking reed”. Such an image, on the one hand, tells the reader that being is fragile and fleeting, and on the other, that the person is really strong with his flexibility. Under the strongest natural and vital winds, he is able to crouch, fall to the ground and avoid death. By the way, this is almost a popular aphorism, that is, it is quite included in the group of “proverbs on the theme of“ Person-Personality ”.
Очень интересны мысли Паскаля о человеческом purpose. Few people know, but the destination - this is purely Russian fetish. Probably, vocation is a “subsidiary enterprise” of the messianic idea of Russia in the world. And in Europe, people perceive their business only as a craft. They need to become good masters, that's all.
In this context, the French philosopher, arguing aboutmission, says: “What determines our fate? Accident. Next, allow yourself to convey the general meaning without quotes. We saw in early childhood, for example, a lawyer or an economist. He was praised in front of us, and we realized that it was good. Then they chose a relevant profession. A person, a person (proverbs and statements about this can be completely different) is an extremely multifaceted and inexhaustible subject for research. We try not so much to saturate the reader with various facts, as to draw his attention to those authors whose works are certainly worth reading.
And it is even better. For example, a family tradition.Let it be railroad workers. The father took his son into the train at an early age. The boy saw how cool and cool it was to steer, take the train. This image fell to the bottom of his subconscious and modeled his entire professional life. And now he is 30 years old, he is already 10 years old on the train, and every time he gets into it, he thinks: “Mom, what am I doing here!” Or “My life somehow develops wrong” (S. King) . And that childish image is to blame for everything, and also the fact that his father did not see anything wrong with his work. But, as J. Barnes used to say: "It is a shame to blame the parents when you are over 25".
Russian proverbs on the topic "Person-person"
The hour has come to scoop up and from the people's well. We will hold only three aphorisms.
- Not the person who lives for himself, but the one who forges happiness for the people.
- Every person is a mystery.
- A man is not born for himself.
Even from these statements, it is clear that the soul of the Russian people is of a collective nature, but in order to at least understand something in a person, it must be considered separately and specifically.
As you can see, the Russian people are peculiarproverbs on the theme "Personality and its desired image." Well, what to do. As Karl Marx used to say: "Being determines consciousness." This is especially true in relation to not too happy life.
