If the sick soul is hell bent on superiority and domination, and feeding on narratives of resentment and bitterness, perhaps the sick society is one in which members are bitterly divided against each other.
For Socrates and many Buddhist traditions, the root of all evil is a kind of ignorance–not an ignorance of facts per se, but an ignorance in the soul or psyche. The person truly bent on living well desires peace, equanimity, balance, friendliness, private and collective health. While the sick soul desires superiority, domination, rage and … Read more