The text which I have attached here and which I propose as a possible basis for a discussion on the problem of the Evil has been published in the Revue Roumaine de Philosophie 63(1), pp.19-35, in June 2019. All observations on the problem of Evil are welcome - apart from insults -. In my analysis I deal with some causes and origins of evil and of moral degeneration in the human dimension. My analysis focuses on Plato's Republic. The origins and causes of the presence of injustice and of vice lie in the very structure of the human soul. The division of the soul into parts which are at least reciprocally independent of each other implies that there is the possibility that they are in conflict with each other. This is the origin of injustice and the root of every form of evil. The correct equilibrium among the parts of the soul, which, in my opinion, are to be interpreted as authentic potencies, can be achieved only by developing the rational part. This development requires a thorough education in philosophy. Throughout my analysis I quote passages in which Plato points out the presence of bad instincts and, in general, of a morally difficult component in our soul. The kind of soul considered in my analysis is the embodied soul.
Any position regarding the problem and the origin of evil is welcome. My introduction and the attached text are only an example of a possible interpretation. Anyone can intervene with his-her own ideas.
Dear Professor Naeim Sepehri ,
I thank you very much for your kind message and your interesting observations.
I am going to search for information regarding the interesting subjects you describe.
I thank you very much again.
Yours sincerely,
Gianluigi Segalerba
In every human being there is good and evil and, vice and virtue, as there is light and darkness which is due to the nature of our worldly existence, but it depends on the power of the individual and the power of his will to overcome and control the evil within himself. … Thank you.
Dear Professor Alaa Muwafaq Mustafa ,
I thank you very much for your message and your interesting observations.
Yours sincerely,
Gianluigi Segalerba
Man is out of nature, but nature is not out of man. K.Lorenz pointed to this existential problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Aggression
The unnaturalness of human nature ( https://setemheb.tumblr.com/post/140345594808/the-unnaturalness-of-human-nature. ) requires rational and ethical systems of morality to guide man away from evil, i.e. destructive and self-destructive force, with respect to a creative life of sharing and caring.
The ethical rectification of man is the way to check her/his destructive potential.
However, F.Dostoievski opined: No morality without immortality, which points to the vital role of an eternal upper force as universal accounting system.
Dear Professor Stephen I. Ternyik ,
Dear Stephen,
I thank you very much for your message and your information.
I am going to read Lorenz' observations with great interest. I am searching for positions regarding exactly this specific way of dealing with the problem of the presence of destructive and self-destructive forces.
Best regards,
Gi
I would like to thank all participants for their observations. Further observations are of course always welcome.
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