1. Evil Cannot Exist
Why then do I have the power to will evil and reject good?" ... It was obvious to me that things which are liable to corruption are good... for if there were no good in them, there would be nothing capable of being corrupted. ... Therefore either corruption does not harm, which cannot be the case, or all things that are corrupted suffer privation of some good (St. ... Instead of corrupted acts being evil, Augustine claims that it is a mere conflict of interest between two good beings that causes this evil, or perversion. ... Thus portraying that it was not evil itself, for that cannot exist, b...
- Word Count: 1320
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: High School