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Einstein on socialismTuesday, March 15, 2005
To introduce a series on Albert Einstein, we print extracts from his 1949 essay Why Socialism?
Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being. As a solitary being, he attempts to protect his own existence and that of those who are closest to him, to satisfy his personal desires, and to develop his innate abilities.
As a social being, he seeks to gain the recognition and affection of his fellow human beings, to share in their pleasures, to comfort them in their sorrows, and to improve their conditions of life.
The personality that finally emerges is largely formed by the environment in which a man happens to find himself during his development, by the structure of the society in which he grows up.
Full story from Socialist Worker Online. posted by Einstein A to Z
