Mia Katrina Villarde Mr.

Elias Virtudazo

GU3DA Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

WRITTEN TASK#8"The Human Person in their Environment "

Explain and elaborate John Donne’s: “No man is an island, entire of

itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.”

As individuals, we are not self-contained and

do not live as our own ecosystem. We are part of
a larger whole – one mass or entity with multiple
variations. No one is capable of standing alone.
You will constantly ask for assistance. Despite
the fact that it may not be as frequent, you will
require assistance regardless of how hard you try
to accomplish things on your own. For a man was
created to assist other men. In addition, a person
is created to be in need of assistance from other
people. Everyone requires everyone else. As a
result, we were created to be everyone. It is
often understood to indicate that every member of
the human species must want or require interaction
with others at some time. The notion may be
grasped if we consider that without interaction
between two people and the resulting conception,
the human species would perish.
 The words in the poem "No man is an island"
were woven in a very Christian sermon on how human
beings are related to one another and how crucial
that connection is for each individual's well-
being and survival. When you hear the church bell
tolling for someone who has died, Donne adds,
don't question who it is; just know that it is
tolling for you as well, for you are both members
of the same society, and the death of anyone takes
a piece of your life away. It also represents the
concept that humans perform poorly when they are
isolated from others and must be a part of a
society to survive. Although John Donne, the
author of the poem from which the term is derived,
was a Christian, this principle is shared by other
religions, most notably Buddhism.