"Man is by nature a social animal. One who can live alone is either a beast or a god."
Today's Question
Who among the people you met today made you feel most comfortable? What small act of theirs made you feel 'not alone'?
Why we become beasts or go mad when isolated
Aristotle believed human identity is perfected not in isolation, but within the 'Polis' (Community).
He defined man as a 'language-bearing animal.' Since language is for communicating pain and joy, a person without someone to talk to loses their reason for being. He warned that one who leaves society becomes either a god or a beast.