زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ١٢١ - Privileges of man's social life

While even during one century or less, the form of social lifeof man is so changed in all stages that basically it is not comparable with the past.

These two great differences distinguish man's social life fromother animals.

In summary, whatever perfection a man has achieved, eitherin mental, practical and moral aspects, or in material andindustrial sections, or the other sections, he has indebted to thesociety, and without society, the civilization and humanity andsuch like will never be meaningful.

Source of formation of society

There are a lot of words among sociologists about why manhas acceded social life, and accepted its relatively difficult rules and regulations, but typically we can mention following opinions:

١- Some believe that sense of solidarity is included in man'snature, and he seeks for the society according to an instinctiv einsp iration.

٢- Some others say fearing dreadful natural factors and wildanimals has been the cause of first tendency of man to sociallife.

٣- Some others believe that the" instinct of employment", existing in man, has made him to social life.

٤- Some others say present social life is the result of a seriesof customs and habits, which has gradually led to this form.

٥- Some others recognize development of man's requirementsand his disability in fulfilling them as the factor of man's sociallife.

٦- Some believe that man's social life is the result of familylife and gradual expansion of families.