Ancient Romans called cultural those who surrounded themselves with worthy fellow travelers among things, people and thoughts. The German philosopher Hegel allocated the cultural person with the universal abilities characteristic of all others. What means today to be a cultural person – in this article.
What means to be a cultural and civilized person?
Such person is quite often called well-mannered and intelligent, only such can ideally behave in society in terms of generally accepted standards of morality. If he observes such narrow-minded code of honor, then for society in any situation will remain the cultural person, and here alone with himself, that is behind the closed doors can be anyone – the tyrant, the despot, the outcast and so forth. Having gone out of the dwelling, at the cultural person the self-checking toggle-switch on observance of the standard rituals and rules of etiquette has to turn on automatically. If the good education also was applied to these characteristics of the cultural person, then in the opinion of people around he rose to the intellectual's level. In principle, society did not impose other requirements to the cultural person.
How did the concept about culture change?
However, the concept culture of process of mankind underwent various changes. At first it belonged to agricultural science more that finds reflection in interpretation of the explanatory dictionary of Ushakov: the cultural person – the person cultivated. With development of a world urbanization and emergence of city culture the term began to be considered in the context of information transferred from generation to generation. It both traditions, and customs, and social norms, and rules which regulate behavior living nowadays and those who will come after them. That is began to refer ability to acquire and analyze the large volume of information, ability to treat it and to build relationships of cause and effect to qualities of the cultural person.
History shows that many outstanding persons were cultural people. They had encyclopedic knowledge, and their skill differed in exclusive perfection. It is undoubtedly possible to carry Leonardo da Vinci to those – the great artist, the engineer and the scientist. Perhaps, in this regard expression appeared: The talented person is talented in everything. Today possibilities of the cultural person extraordinary grew. But the main characteristics are based on the same postulates: knowledge, their volume and depth, abilities, their high qualification and skill and also moral and esthetic education and self-checking.
Signs of the cultural person
- First of all it is external signs. The cultural person always watches the appearance. It it is good and on a situation it is dressed, competently speaks, follows rules of etiquette and standard of behavior in society.
- Refer politeness, kindness, responsibility, sincerity and generosity, self-confidence and ability to own the emotions to traits of character of such person. He is distinguished by sense of proportion and step, tolerance, lack of rudeness, compassion and readiness to come to the rescue.
- Those who is interested what has to be the cultural person, should answering that advanced, educated and erudite. He is open to all new both is ready to study and grow. He is able to create and appreciate fine.
- Such person is able to work in team and is ready to cooperate with other people. He is able to sacrifice himself for the sake of the high purposes.
- He is devoted to the Homeland and its culture, honors its history, the people and national traditions.
Thus, the cultural person it is possible to call the one who respects standards of behavior in civilized society, but at the same time remains a personality and identity.