Single Idea 5752

[catalogued under 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / a. Divine morality]

Full Idea

A philosopher (possibly Epicurus) asked where evil comes from if there is a god, and where good comes from if there isn't.

Gist of Idea

Where does evil come from if there is a god; where does good come from if there isn't?

Source

Boethius (The Consolations of Philosophy [c.520], I.IV)

Book Reference

Boethius: 'The Consolations of Philosophy', ed/tr. Watts,V.E. [Penguin 1969], p.44


A Reaction

A nice question. The best known answer to the first question is 'Satan'. Some would say that in the second case good is impossible, but I would have thought that the only possible answer is 'mankind'.