Topic > The Chicken or the Egg - 1060

Many have heard the classic chicken and the egg paradox. What came first, the chicken or the egg? The same question can apply to the individual and society. What comes first? To answer the question it is necessary to establish a concept of the individual and explore the origins of society. Only then can one compare and contrast one's roles in relation to the other. Two revolutionary thinkers, Soren Kierkegaard and Bertolt Brecht, will present their oppositional arguments to try to determine whether the power between society and the individual is being pulled in one particular direction rather than another. In conclusion, the question will be answered: is the chicken, society, or the egg, the individual? The concept of individual is difficult to define in a universally accepted way, due to its historical and cultural variability. The individual is a historical being in that he develops a personality as he grows and circulates within his family, peer group, neighborhood and finally within society as a whole. Develop patterns of feelings, thoughts, and habits in the process. An individual is also a cultural being. Culture includes religion, philosophy, science, technology, art, education, politics, etc. within a particular company. The concept of the individual emerges in Western society at the end of the Middle Ages (1200-1400), with the rise and expansion of a new social class: the bourgeoisie. During the historical emergence of a new social class, the bourgeoisie, co-development was a new form of society. Feudal society, having come to an end, saw the emergence of the hierarchy of social groups, making people dependent on others. On the shoulders of the common man grew a huge parasite... in the middle of the paper... of the city as a whole. It also means that society would no longer be divided into the educated and the uneducated. The change in ownership would ensure that the workplace no longer becomes an environment where you win at the expense of others. It's about winning through cooperation, and this cooperative behavior would transfer to other areas of life. There would no longer be inferiors and superiors. A new individuality would emerge because there would be no pressure to conform as no one would have power over you and one would be more of an individual because they would be able to fully develop and exercise all their skills and talents. In addition to a new individuality there would be a new belonging. We would no longer feel alienated from society and others. This new membership would be crucial in motivating people to work for the overall good of society.