Human Needs

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o fatality. Nevertheless, if a human being came in contact with an immortal being, or even a mortal being with no fear or concern for death, one would form an opinion concluding that the appearance of life would be so unlike his/her own that the being in question could not be recognized as human.
 The Human Body
The events of the body are formed based upon each culture. The importance that is reflected upon each occurrence is also culturally shaped according to one’s cultural connotations. However, the body itself, not culturally modified when it comes to nutrition and other so-called necessities, sets limits on what can be experienced and valued. These obvious limitations create a vast amount of intersecting common characteristics between them.
• Hunger and Thirst
All human beings need food and drink in order to survive. The experience of appetites is to some extent culturally established. For example, some people gorge themselves thinking they are hungry when in fact they are not. In normal situations, human beings do n...