The problem of essence of the person, his origin, purpose, meaning of life, drew and continues to draw attention of philosophers of all times. Submitting to biological laws, i.e. actually being the creation relating to fauna it is the carrier at the same time two opposite began - souls and bodies. It is impossible to deny that society has very considerable impact on formation of the personality, but the person always keeps some properties which are not depending on the habitat.
In spite of the fact that the person inherently is a corporal and material system, and in his life, certainly, there are instincts, the behavior of people and animals differs essentially. Having consciousness and the speech, the person behaves according to the system of values created by community of people. Its biological instincts are regulated by the laws which arose under the influence of the same human community whereas the behavior of animals instinctive biological and is caused by the system of reflexes. Will not be exaggeration to tell that the "corporal" aspect is also important for the person, as well as spiritual. And the highest value for it is health. As A. Schopenhauer ""wrote nine tenth of our happinesses even the subjective benefits are based on health …: qualities of mind, soul, temperament - at a disease state weaken and fade...". Nevertheless, examples of a celebration of spirit over physical not relics are very numerous. And the most known – creativity great: fatally sick Greig's music and Beethoven who lost hearing, works of the philosopher and thinker Kant, seriously ill Nietzsche, etc. Natural data, however, are very important for the person. They in many respects define possibilities of intellectual development and the relation to creative activity. Despite everything told above, the essence of the person is uniform and indivisible. And its main quality is the free will allowing him to choose the destiny. The person is capable to overcome the life circumstances preventing implementation of his own vital program. Dominating over circumstances, he becomes really free. There is no absolute freedom, however, and cannot be. Nevertheless, the individual can feel free even in extremely constrained circumstances. In it its force. An eternal problem and the tragedy – search of meaning of life. The person is mortal and dying, the existence not only a biological cover, but also the personality in general stops. The value of life is especially brightly realized against the background of death. It is possible to explain with mortality of the person attractiveness of religion which gives hope to righteous souls. The person understands that having broken laws of morality, he will doom himself to eternal torment. However terrestrial sufferings for the sake of pleasure after death belittle life value. Death subject – the perennial spring of inspiration in creativity helping besides to belong to life more wisely. The value of each human life consists in its originality and uniqueness. And tragic element – in an extremity, mortality. The person looks for meaning of life, realizing an extremity of the life. May he judge the infinite world final means? Perhaps, all attempts of mankind to explain and change the world – are wrong at the heart of the. To this day for the person the most interesting object of a research is he. "Not out of you the truth, and in you; find yourself in yourself, subordinate yourself to yourself, regain self-control, - and you will behold the truth. Not in things this truth, not out of you and not overseas somewhere, and first of all in your own work over". (F.M. Dostoyevsky. Full of SOBR. soch. T. 26).