The Test Of A Man Is: Does

Human Beings Seem To Be Far More Autonomous And Self-governed Than Modern Psychological Theory Allows For.

We Need Not Take Refuge In Supernatural Gods To Explain Our Saints And Sages And Heroes And Statesmen, As If To Explain Our Disbelief That Mere Unaided Human Beings Could Be That Good Or Wise.

It Looks As If There Were A Single Ultimate Goal For Mankind, A Far Goal Toward Which All Persons Strive. This Is Called Variously By Different Authors Self-actualization, Self-realization, Integration, Psychological Health, Individuation, Autonomy, Creativity, Productivity, But They All Agree That This Amounts To Realizing The Potentialities Of The Person, That Is To Say, Becoming Fully Human, Everything That Person Can Be.

When People Appear To Be Something Other Than Good And Decent, It Is Only Because They Are Reacting To Stress, Pain, Or The Deprivation Of Basic Human Needs Such As Security, Love, And Self-esteem.

Every Person Is, In Part, 'his Own Project' And Makes Himself.