LESSON SEVEN

THE HUMAN PERSON

IN SOCIETY
OBJECTIVES:

The learners should be able to:

1. Understand the interplay between the individuality of

human beings and their social contexts;

2. Evaluate the formation of human relationships and

how individuals are shaped by their social contexts;
and

3. Compare different forms of societies and

individualities.
What is the last
post in your blog,
facebook , or
instagram?
What are the
advantages and
disadvantages of
using social media?
How can you be
responsible in
using online
activities?
Different Forms of Societies and Individualities

A.Medieval Period (500-1500 CE)

German barbarians sacked and declining Western

Roman Empire. The invaders, however, lacked the
knowledge and skills to carry on Roman
achievements in art, literature, and engineering. In
effect, highly developed systems of Roman law
and government gave way to the rude forms of
barbarians.
 nonetheless a time of
 It was
preparation, like working
afield before planting
seeds. For instance, to the
Romans , the State hade
been more important than
the individual.
 From the barbarians’ ideal of
personal rights grew their respect
for women, their government by
the people, and their crude but
representative law courts where
kings and chiefs were elected by
tribal councils (which serves as
court of laws).
 In the reign of Clovis, Christianity
began to lift Europe from the dark
ages. Many barbarians had become
Christians earlier though mostly hold
the Arian belief, a doctrine that holds
the conviction that the Son of God is
finite and created by God the Father
and, thus, condemned as heresy by
the Church.
 Their way of life in the
Middle Ages is called
feudalism, which comes
from medieval Latin
feudum, meaning
property or possession.
All peasants worked to support
their lord. Many peasants built
their villages of huts near the
castles of their lords for
protection in exchange of their
services.
 However, with the growth of commerce
and towns, feudalism as a system of
government began to pass.

 Government and social customs

steadily shaped a new life in Europe,
rising interest in artistic and intellectual
achievements reached a peak in the
Renaissance- a revival or of classical
learning.
 An interest in beauty and culture
was reborn.

 In 14th and 15th centuries,

leadership in art and literature
returned to Western Europe.
 One institution stood for the common good-
the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Many
historians says that it is the spirit and its
work comprised the “ great civilizing
influence of the Middle Ages”.

 By the 13th century , the Church was the

strongest single influence in Europe.
 The Middle Ages employed
pedagogical methods that
caused the
intercommunication between
the various intellectual
centers and the unity of
scientific language down
until 12 century.
th
I do not seek insight of reason
in order to believe. I believe in
order to gain insight. Indeed, I
also believe this; that I should
never be able to attain insight if
I did not believe.
-St. Anselm
 In the early middle ages, the
dichotomy between faith and
reason had not yet taken place.
Anselm’s line of argument rests
upon the fact that the nature of
the existence of God is different
in principle from the nature of all
other existence.
QUESTION….
Give three
characteristics of the
medieval period. How did
individuals live during
this time?
MODERN PERIOD
(1500-1800)
 Martin Luther would tack 95 theses to the
door of the church at Wittenberg and
initiate the Reformation, which would
cause several centuries of upheaval in
Europe, change the nature of Christian
religion, and eventually, change
perceptions of human nature.

 Establishment of the PROTESTANT ETHIC

and the beginnings of modern capitalism.
 Christopher Columbus:
Discovery of America Altering
the Politics of the World

 Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian

Man
 Leadership in art and literature
reached a peak in the
Renaissance period. The result is
the revival of ancient philosophy
and European philosophers turning
from supernatural to natural and
rational explanations of the world.
 The Vitruvian man had been
one of tea famous icon. As
God’s most perfect creation,
harmonic proportions were
also believed to govern
humanity’s form.