Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: The Essence of a Person as the Interaction of Three Components: Biological, Social, Spiritual

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Essence of a Person as the Interaction of Three Components: Biological, Social, Spiritual

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2011 4 (6)
Authors: Tuman-Nikiforov, Arkadiy A.
Contact information: Tuman-Nikiforov, Arkadiy A. : Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University , 90 Mira, Krasnoyarsk, 660049 Russia , e-mail: ATuman-Nikiforov@yandex.ru
Keywords: human existence; spirituality; individuality; personality; categories; opposition; essence; phenomenon
Abstract: The article deals with the essence of a person from the point of view of dialectical methodology. The essence is regarded as a unity of three components: biological, social and spiritual. The greatest attention is devoted to the spiritual component of human nature. This is due to the fact that modern humanity is in a state of acute spiritual crisis, to overcome which it is necessary to study properly a phenomenon of spirituality in all its manifestations. The second reason is that from the spiritual side of his/her nature the person influences himself/herself, society and the surrounding.
Pages: 902-915
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/2404