Lucius Annaeus Seneca and Erich Fromm‚ these two men were born almost two millennia apart and yet both wrote on a subject which is incredible relevant to our society today. This subject is the need for refocus and change from unhealthy outward attention to healthy inward attention. While they both focused on healthy inward living‚ they accomplish this task from different directions. Seneca focused on the healthy inward person working out while Fromm challenged an unhealthy outward focus tracing
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“Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm states that human history can change forever by just an act of disobedience. Fromm starts off by stating how people in power have always professed that those below them should obey rather than disobey. Fromm writes about how key ancient figures like Prometheus and Adam and Eve acted out in disobedience. Fromm also states that these figures didn’t regret their decisions nor did they ask for forgiveness. Fromm further claims that man has continuously
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The existence of God and problem with evil Today the news is filled with coverage on various natural catastrophes and other related causalities that people face daily. Anyone can look into their lives or even their neighbors and see the presence of misfortune that surrounds our world. This problem has brought up the issue of God’s existence in religious philosophical discussions. For centuries‚ many have tried to dismiss the existence of God on the basis of the existence of evil. Let’s
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1 Problem 1-4. An Analysis of the transactions made by Acme Consulting for the month of July 1. Explain each transaction. 1) $20‚000 is the amount invested by the owner/s into the business 2) $7‚000 is the cost of the equipment purchased for the business. $5‚000 has been paid. $2‚000 is the amount still owed for the purchase. 3) $1‚000 is the amount expended to purchase inventories and supplies for the business. 4) $4‚500 is the amount paid for
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In Fromm essay” Disobedience as a psychological and moral problem”‚ he had explained about the difference between the obedience and disobedience‚ and what impact of a positive or negative on the human society. According to Fromm human life to live as human beings‚ must disobey want to develop it. "If you do not know single line human disobedience to obedience‚ he is a slave‚" saying that the prompt can be understood as such intention. At the same time‚ however‚ prompting the line only to be aware
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1 Summary Erich Fromm is a distinguished German writer‚ who has large interests in psychology‚ philosophy‚ sociology and history. In his essay” Disobedience as a psychological and moral problem”‚ he discusses and compares the different kinds of obedience and disobedience‚ and how they can have a positive or negative impact on the human society. In order to proof and give example for his view‚ Erich Fromm gives a very convenient reference‚ about the birth of human history. According
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Jesus Lomeli Professor Eunah Lee Philosophy 1001 March 16‚ 2015 The Problem of Evil and God’s Existence The problem of evil attempts to figure out why evil exists in a world under the premise that there exists a God that is omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ and all good. There are different forms of the problem of evil that philosophers state‚ these being the argument derived from natural evil and moral evil. After reading St. Augustine’s confession‚ I believe that the fact that evil exists does not count
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Summary-Response Two In Erich Fromm’s "Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem‚” he develops notions based upon the relationship of obedience and disobedience‚ and the different aspects that interfere with a person’s choice to go against power‚ and the impact that history has made on the matter. He discusses how Adam and Eve’s choice is oftentimes viewed as a means of disobeying their creator‚ but he takes a contradictory approach to say that without disobedience‚ there would be no change
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Schools are supposed to be a safe environment for learning and teaching to "make the world a better place" (Keizer‚ 2001)‚ but with the increase of violence‚ students and faculty are becoming more afraid of attending school. The Existence of Discipline Problems in Schools Schools are responsible for the safety and wellbeing of their students and employees. Schools are places where the students learn from the teachers who teach them. Miller and Chandler (2003) state that the safety of students
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Erich Fromm is a German psychologist explored human freedom. He wrote about the two folds of human freedom‚ which are‚ the freedom “from” traditional authorities such as the state and (2) the freedom “for” actualizing one’s individual destiny. In his work about the Freedom in History‚ Fromm argues that the people came to understand the real meaning of freedom in the 20th century. They thus fight to defend it. This is because it brings a lot of joy to the people‚ therefore prompting them to devise
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