Summary Of The Humanistic Tradition By Gloria Fiero

The author Gloria Fiero in her book The Humanistic Tradition, show us part of the Seneca’s work On Tranquility of Mind. Here, Fiero explains Seneca’s argument which is one way of having peace of mind is rejecting unnecessary responsibilities, selecting friendships, and avoiding excessive wealth. I agree with Seneca if he referred to the excessive emotional attachments which make it to the point to enslave you. This concept of excessive emotional attached can be defined according to with the necessity of the constant contact of the object or the person in order do not lose the link with this. The human being is composed of emotion and reason, if we maintain a balance between these two components could optimize and facilitate our life. Trying
to live exclusively from the reason is absurd, do so only from the emotion is dangerous. In the taking of decisions, emotions are responsible for mobilizing, but on the other hand, the reason may guide us. This balance is the key to success.