Evil and Evolution Quotes

“pride, as merely wanting to “eat from the tree of knowledge”, when Adam already has knowledge of everything useful to know, even to the point of “naming” (that is to say, to have a controlling knowledge over) all the creatures of the earth?        Accordingly, we must look for a deeper pride — the prideful ambition of wanting to be “as gods”, equal to the Creator. As psychologist Eric Fromm pointed out”
― Richard W. Kropf, Evil and Evolution: A Theodicy