  Personalists recognize that as much as he may strive for independence, the human person necessarily relies on others. He depends on other persons for his survival and development, and this interdependence is a hallmark of human existence. Beyond this, the human person also tends toward society as a basic human value. Such society is not only a matter of utility or convenience but reflects an innate tendency of the person to seek out his fellows and enter into spiritual association with them.  The trait of sociableness has been observed since the earliest philosophers, and reflects both man’s dependence on other people for his subsistence and development and his natural tendency to deeper communion.