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EVIL AND SELF
EVIL AND SELF

Author(s): Alexandra Claudia Coroiu
Subject(s): Philosophy, Psychology, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: existence; determination; devotement; trust; sacrifice;

Summary/Abstract: The Evil is trying to show us that our life is so fragile - we cannot do anything about it - that it is not worthwhile for us, the mortals, to choose the hard life without the material pleasures that God asks for. We can instead opt for a rewarding life easy to achieve, if we agree to let ourselves be led by the Devil. In their weakness with which they are endowed, people sacrifice their God for nothing - this gesture embodies the last step of cruelty, an absolute mystery, if we try to ask ourselves and analyze this gesture. How do we sacrifice God? Given that this act eventually occurs, what is our purpose in the universe if we already sacrificed ALL we had? It exists in humans, like any other animal species a surplus of sick, degenerate, feeble, sufferers that do manage to devastate true values - a much more serious problem than primates. The Devil must be feared because of his achievements over the ages, one of which is old age - which, instead of diminishing his abilities, has made them more and more powerful, becoming all-knowing, shrewd, attributes that allow him to pass through vicious circles that might distract him from trying to reach his goal. The poison that evil spreads in the world is much stronger when it does not directly kill, but when it succeeds in making us believe that because of it we live. By direct destruction of the individual would also destroy the evil within him, an act that leads to a gradual but sure decline in the lastness of the latter. Thus, the more destroying it haunts our life, the less we can recognize it, the more effective his actions seem, the less dangerous he may be, because we can no longer identify and circumvent him.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 21-27
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian