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> The traditional christian teaching is that solitude is bad. Man is a social animal and can only properly develop joined to family and community and church, fu
by ionised 11y ago
> The traditional christian teaching is that solitude is bad. Man is a social animal and can only properly develop joined to family and community and church, fulfilling duties and obligations to each.
I wouldn't ascribe too much significance or meaning to 'Christian' teaching. It has no basis in science or empiricism.
- a8da6b0c91d 11y agoWhereas the grandparent post and Nietzsche's thoughts are thoroughly empirical...
- ionised 11y agoPsychology is a science, yes, and it holds that time spent alone is perfectly normal and for a large section of the population absolutely necessary for mental health.
- wsc981 11y agoAnd actually some quite important founders of Christianity (Jesus, Joseph) spent some time alone, in the desert and I don't think it's pictured as a 'bad' thing in the bible.