Suzanne asked:

"As the child grows older, what wisdom can be imparted; and from which philosophers, which may
give hope that he is not being raised in a world predominantly evil?"

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Ok... let's assume that all children arebeing raised in a world predominantly evil. Now what? Should
we all despair? Should we all become evil? Kill ourselves? Why not ask: "What is it that we can do to
increase and maintain good?", and then go from there?

I know of no way to determine whether the world is "predominantly" anything... except polluted,
maybe. Which it is, given industrialization. But "evil"? What does that even mean?

So I think that you might refocus on how to make things better, even in some small way, and not on
whether to despair over the state of the world, which is probably not all that great... but who knows?
And who knows whether it is improving or getting worse?

Steven Ravett Brown