Quote by Juan Luis Vives: “We are not born for ourselves alone, but for our country and our friends.”

This means our lives have a purpose beyond just our own desires. We have duties and responsibilities to our community, nation, and the people we care about. It emphasizes social connection.

Vives, like other humanists, promoted civic virtue and the idea that individuals thrive by contributing to the common good of their society, stressing collective responsibility.

Spanish-born Renaissance humanist philosopher who lived and worked in the Low Countries and England. His work on psychology, education, and poor relief was ahead of its time, and his Instruction of a Christian Woman was among the first sustained arguments for women's education.