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Write a summary or Make notes of the following passage.When we survey our lives and efforts we soon observe that almost the whole of our actions and desires are bound up with the existence of other human beings. We notice that whole nature resembles that of the social animals. We eat food that others have produced, wear clothes that others have made, live in houses that others have built. The greater part of our knowledge and beliefs has been passed on to us by other people though the medium of a language which others have created.Without language and mental capacities, we would have been poor indeed comparable to higher animals.We have, therefore, to admit that we owe our principal knowledge over the least to the fact of living in human society. The individual if left alone from birth would remain primitive and beast like in his thoughts and feelings to a degree that we can hardly imagine. The individual is what he is and has the significance that he has, not much in virtue of the individuality, but rather as a member of a great human community, which directs his material and spiritual existence from the cradle to grave. |
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Answer» Summary No. of words given in the original passage: 192 No. of words to be written in the summary: 192/3 = 64 ± 5 Rough Draft Being social animals, human beings have their actions and desires bound up with society. In matter of food clothes knowledge and belief they are interdependent with one another. We eat food that others have procedure Wear clothes that others have made, live in houses that others have built. They use language created by others. Without language their mental power would not grow. We have to admit that we owe principal knowledge over the least to the fact of living in human society. The individual if left alone from birth would remain primitive. They are superior to beast, because they live in human society. An individual life left alone from birth would grow utterly beast like. So human society and not individuality guides man’s material and spiritual existence. Fair Draft: Man is a Social Animal Being social animals, human beings have their actions and desires bound up with society. In the matter of food, clothes, knowledge and belief we are interdependent. We eat food, wear clothes, live in houses that others have produced or made. We use language created by others. Without language, their mental power would not grow. An individual life left alone from birth would grow utterly beast-like. So human society and not individuality guides man’s material and spiritual existence. No. of words in the summary: 77 Notes Title: Man is a Social Animal Survey: lives & efforts our actions & desires – bound up Practices: Eat food – wear clothes – live in houses – made by others Lang – learnt 4m others – for mental power Status: Indiv. if left alone – be primitive The individual – much in virtue member A human community – directs mat. & spiritual existence. Abbreviations used: & – and; A – of; lang. – language; indiv. – individual; 4m – from; mat. – material |
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