What Is Personal Evil?

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The conception that a persons body is priority is everything else is simply basic nature, not even human at that. This goes into basic Biological Study. A person’s, or animal 's nervous system, is the source of pain but functions that way so that a persons body does not come into too far contact with something that might endanger the conceptor. In nature ,this basically means that a person’s pain is a signal that danger, or a threat to their life, is iminent. Personal Evil is basically this, anything damaging to the body or mind of the individual is, in a sense, Evil, even in nature. To mankind, and the physical man, there is an addition to this sense. Not only is something damaging to the body Evil, but also to the mind. This now changes …show more content…

Humans, not being bound by law or even dignity, still emotionally share empathy with other humans and even other animals. Simply look at any child born, immediately they are perhaps one the the kindest, caring, and innocent creatures nature could possibly offer. It is basically common sense, a child is not born with the intention of causing suffering. Jean Jacques Rousseau describes in his book, "A Discourse on the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind," he describes a ferocious scene between a "Savage," a woman, and a child. In this text he refers to "Savages" many times making connections to the Native Americans of the time. In his book he describes their people in general as many negative things. However, overall he comes to an apparent conclusion that he is in fact admiring their people, for their simplistic lifestyles makes them the sort of incorruptible, resourceful, and all around most "perfect" people possible. Although, going back to the scene he described that have there be a man that witnesses a mother hold her child, fighting and trying to resist losing their young to the teeth of a wild, ferocious animal. That in the end had the mother lost, and thua watched her child be lost so easily to the teeth of a , cruel, and wicked animal, the "Savage" witnessing the event, entirely unrelated, unconnected in any way other then have spectated the event, would feel nothing but darkened …show more content…

This is true in the sense that it makes man act cruel, but anger comes about in the natural man simply by frustration. It is not something randomly conceded through belligerent thought or through a child simply by will. It is the culmination of experiences that have passed, frustration with recent events, it is in short the past. Fear on the other hand is the assortment of what may, what has not happened. Fear is something unknown, not understood, simply what is around the corridor or what may happen with what is right in front of man. It is the

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