Today's topic is the conditioned man. I don't speak in
This article is about the conditioning of a person by one thing, but about the fact that he is absolutely conditioned. By absolute conditioning I mean that a person is within the general laws of this existence, and it doesn’t even matter whether we mean social or biological laws.
That is, a person himself can interpret his position within these environments as he pleases, but ultimately, the decisive factor for a person is the form and totality of his connections with these environments. He can make some conscious decisions in relation to these environments, but does not cease to be conditioned by them, because in any case, he exists according to the natural laws of these environments.
The theory of the existence of free will, of course, speaks of the ability of a person to act outside the framework of the conditions of his environment. Well, let’s assume that this is so, then why does the theory of free will, by its very definition, oppose itself to unfreedom? Does a free being need any conscious opposition of his decisions to the conditions of the external environment, if he himself is free? That is, the very fact of the existence of such a creature would completely deny the patterns of forms of human interaction with the elements of these environments, of which he himself is a part.
And, based on the judgment made above, no human individuality exists. And when I myself came to this conclusion, my internal conflict between my ideas about what life should be and the real state of affairs disappeared. That is, you cannot give an adequate assessment of your situation if you consider it as something individual or separate from external factors. The theory of individuality introduces confusion into a person's understanding of the relationship with the environment and, as a result, of himself. After all, it is precisely these relationships that form the person himself.
Individuality is the mental opposition to mental sameness. But in the nature of phenomena there is neither individuality nor uniformity, since everything in it is subject to general laws - one cannot exist without the other, therefore nothing in nature or in society is defined as special or less special. As for society, specialness can be understood as a certain social position, although, again, in relation to whom is such a position considered?
About the right path in human life!
Society may seem like a very artificial structure, but it cannot help but function according to certain laws, which may not be clear to its average participant, but what level of laws are we considering? Any participant in society finds it inaccessible to understand laws that are outside the concepts of the system of the society in which he lives. But we are not even talking about understanding as such, but about the meaninglessness of the laws of one environment for a person living in another environment.
What is the main mistake of a person?
The main mistake of a person is that he evaluates his position outside the natural factors that surround him at the current moment. I'm not saying that these factors should be treated as bad or good - they need to be assessed realistically and in full relation to each other. The mistake is that a person follows the templates of the social environment, because they are deeply installed in his brain.