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: the [[act]] of pleasing oneself or of satisfying one's [[desires]]; especially : the satisfying of one's own [[sexual]] urges
: the [[act]] of pleasing oneself or of satisfying one's [[desires]]; especially : the satisfying of one's own [[sexual]] urges
==Cross Referernce==
==Cross Referernce==
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Self-gratification''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Self-gratification '''''this link'''''].</center>
===Gratify===
===Gratify===
*Etymology - ad. F. gratifier (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), or L. gr{atific{a}r{i}, f. gr{a}tus pleasing, [[Gratitude|thankful]]
*Etymology - ad. F. gratifier (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), or L. gr{atific{a}r{i}, f. gr{a}tus pleasing, [[Gratitude|thankful]]
====Definitions====
====Definitions====
*1. trans. To show [[gratitude]] to (a [[person]]) in return for benefits received, esp. in a [[practical]] [[manner]]; to reward, requite. Obs.
*1. trans. To show [[gratitude]] to (a [[person]]) in return for benefits received, esp. in a [[practical]] [[manner]]; to reward, requite. Obs.
:b. To give thanks to, be grateful to. Obs.
:b. To give thanks to, be grateful to. Obs.
While the [[level]] of [[intelligence]] has [[contributed]] considerably to the [[rate]] of [[cultural]] [[progress]], [[society]] is essentially [[designed]] to lessen the [[risk]] element in the [[individual]]'s mode of living, and it has [[progressed]] just as fast as it has succeeded in lessening [[pain]] and increasing the [[pleasure]] element in life. Thus does the whole [[social]] [[body]] push on slowly toward the goal of [[destiny]]—[[extinction]] or [[survival]]—depending on whether that goal is [[self]]-[[maintenance]] or [[self]]-[[gratification]]. Self-maintenance [[originates]] [[society]], while excessive self-[[gratification]] destroys [[civilization]].
While the [[level]] of [[intelligence]] has [[contributed]] considerably to the [[rate]] of [[cultural]] [[progress]], [[society]] is essentially [[designed]] to lessen the [[risk]] element in the [[individual]]'s mode of living, and it has [[progressed]] just as fast as it has succeeded in lessening [[pain]] and increasing the [[pleasure]] element in life. Thus does the whole [[social]] [[body]] push on slowly toward the goal of [[destiny]]—[[extinction]] or [[survival]]—depending on whether that goal is [[self]]-[[maintenance]] or [[self]]-[[gratification]]. Self-maintenance [[originates]] [[society]], while excessive self-[[gratification]] destroys [[civilization]].
Society is concerned with self-perpetuation, self-maintenance, and self-gratification, but human [[self-realization]] is [[worthy]] of becoming the [[immediate]] goal of many cultural [[groups]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_69#69:1._BASIC_HUMAN_INSTITUTIONS][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_68#68:2._FACTORS_IN_SOCIAL_PROGRESSION]
Society is concerned with self-perpetuation, self-maintenance, and self-gratification, but human [[self-realization]] is [[worthy]] of becoming the [[immediate]] goal of many cultural [[groups]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_69#69:1._BASIC_HUMAN_INSTITUTIONS][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_68#68:2._FACTORS_IN_SOCIAL_PROGRESSION]
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