FERAL CHILDREN
"WOLF CHILDREN AND THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN NATURE""There exists today a being which, unlike everything else in the world, does not appear at birth as a 'prefabricated system', but which has still to be constructed and has everything to learn ....... The natural in man is due to inborn heredity the cultural to his acquired heritage .... Even in the purely organic sphere it is difficult to draw the line between what is natural and what is cultural. The size and weight of a child for instance depend upon heredity factors as well as favourable living conditions which, in turn, depend upon the way of life and on the level of civilisation. If food, light and warmth - not to mention affection - are missing, then the proper pattern of growth will be seriously disturbed. In the domain of psychology it becomes frankly impossible to make any distinction between nature and culture. Nevertheless, it is clear that the conditions for the existence and development of biological life are physical and external whereas the forces which shape man's psychological life are social ones ....... Once the notion of the hereditary, determination of mental characteristics, either by the individual or by the species, was exposed to rigorous and objecti
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Approximate Word count = 2695
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)
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