According to sociologist talcott parsons, the preferred or most functional human condition is

According to sociologist Talcott parsons, the preferred or most functional human condition is "being healthy".

Talcott Parsons considered society to be working like a human body, contending that establishments in the public eye resembled organs in the body – each performing particular capacities which were important to the upkeep of the entirety. Parsons contended that parts of society ought to be comprehended as far as what they add to the upkeep of the entirety. 

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t