Want, desire, need...! Tendency is put under the umbrella
of these three words. Tendencies are natural impulses that direct
an individual to perform certain actions or activities without a
conscious plan. These tendencies were given to man to help them
serve and satisfy their fundamental needs like surviving, adapting
and developing. It may be symbolized by a pressure exerted on a
hand by a spring that we decide to compress; it is an active power
directed in a defined sense. The need and desire that a tendency
hold, are given to us by a purpose: just like eating a burger and
being satisfied just because one fulfilled what he/she needed,
wanted or even desired. Now, in the above quotation, the author
emphasizes that tendencies are the result of a motor manifestation
or a movement or simply an activity. This means that over time
people learn to behave in a certain way like adapting to the
pleasure they get through their activities and interactions.
Basically, the quotation states that tendency is not a treasure it is
simply a movement adapted by us.
GP: What is the nature of tendency?
SP: Is tendency not mysterious and simply related to the
movement and activity of a person? Or is it rooted in senses and
experiences a person passes through?
This quotation attributes the theory of behavior and
activity of a person and how related it is to tendency. To start, “It
is a tendency which is the primordial fact of the affective life”,
this is what Ribot said. He believes that no one can study the
inner life of man objectively, all we can see is his movements
towards others or towards objects and that will help us reveal his
tendencies. Every human being is a set of needs and to fulfil those
needs, pleasures or desires movements and actions are required.
Therefore, Ribot says that tendency is a movement or the
stopping of a movement in the human state, it allows us to
measure the tendency and its effects and consequences by looking
of these three words. Tendencies are natural impulses that direct
an individual to perform certain actions or activities without a
conscious plan. These tendencies were given to man to help them
serve and satisfy their fundamental needs like surviving, adapting
and developing. It may be symbolized by a pressure exerted on a
hand by a spring that we decide to compress; it is an active power
directed in a defined sense. The need and desire that a tendency
hold, are given to us by a purpose: just like eating a burger and
being satisfied just because one fulfilled what he/she needed,
wanted or even desired. Now, in the above quotation, the author
emphasizes that tendencies are the result of a motor manifestation
or a movement or simply an activity. This means that over time
people learn to behave in a certain way like adapting to the
pleasure they get through their activities and interactions.
Basically, the quotation states that tendency is not a treasure it is
simply a movement adapted by us.
GP: What is the nature of tendency?
SP: Is tendency not mysterious and simply related to the
movement and activity of a person? Or is it rooted in senses and
experiences a person passes through?
This quotation attributes the theory of behavior and
activity of a person and how related it is to tendency. To start, “It
is a tendency which is the primordial fact of the affective life”,
this is what Ribot said. He believes that no one can study the
inner life of man objectively, all we can see is his movements
towards others or towards objects and that will help us reveal his
tendencies. Every human being is a set of needs and to fulfil those
needs, pleasures or desires movements and actions are required.
Therefore, Ribot says that tendency is a movement or the
stopping of a movement in the human state, it allows us to
measure the tendency and its effects and consequences by looking
