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Reflection On Social Connection

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Introduction Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, used to believe that “human is a social and political creature and the one, who can live far away from human societies, is either a beast or a god.” Plato, another philosopher from ancient Greece also claimed that “the creation of the society is a natural construction. People by nature create societies, and they only achieve its completion inside them.” However, philosopher Kant insists that “human is a lonely animal that avoids the mob” and the even more cynical De La Croix, the French artist, believes that “people are social human beings that hate their peers.” With these kinds of contradictions in my head and with my introvert personality, which at the same time has an extrovert behavior, I entered Diane’s class that Monday morning, trying to figure out why humans seek or need other human beings. Is it because we learned - since primitive times - that being with a tribe was the only way to survive or because biologically we can’t do any differently? With this reflection blog, I will try to focus on the topics we explored during this week that may help me answer that question, considering them as great tools that can be applied in my peer and family mediation practice. Social Connection - Exclusion Throughout history, exclusion had always been the worst punishment for those who were threatening the society’s cohesion and peace. In ancient Greece, for example, ostracism (= social exclusion) was a procedure where the Athenian

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