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Single Idea 2057
[filed under theme 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil
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Full Idea
The elimination of evil is impossible, Theodorus; there must always be some force ranged against good.
Gist of Idea
There must always be some force of evil ranged against good
Source
Plato (Theaetetus [c.368 BCE], 176a)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Theaetetus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1987], p.72
The
21 ideas
with the same theme
[reasons for the existence of evil]:
2057
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There must always be some force of evil ranged against good
[Plato]
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2659
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The lists of good men who have suffered and bad men who have prospered are endless
[Cicero]
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20698
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Irenaeus says evil is necessary for perfect human development
[Irenaeus, by Davies,B]
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5761
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God can do anything, but he cannot do evil, so evil must be nothing
[Boethius]
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5766
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If you could see the plan of Providence, you would not think there was evil anywhere
[Boethius]
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21266
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God does not exist, because He is infinite and good, and so no evil should be discoverable
[Aquinas]
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21274
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It is part of God's supreme goodness that He brings good even out of evil
[Aquinas]
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19339
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Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being
[Leibniz]
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13164
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God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it
[Leibniz]
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19337
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How can an all-good, wise and powerful being allow evil, sin and apparent injustice?
[Leibniz]
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19345
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Being confident of God's goodness, we disregard the apparent local evils in the visible world
[Leibniz]
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6737
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Particular evils are really good when linked to the whole system of beings
[Berkeley]
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21468
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The Creator created the possibilities for worlds, so should have made a better one than this possible
[Schopenhauer]
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21335
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Belief that an afterlife is required for justice is an admission that this life is very unjust
[Mill]
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21333
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Evil comes from good just as often as good comes from evil
[Mill]
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21334
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No necessity ties an omnipotent Creator, so he evidently wills human misery
[Mill]
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7200
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A combination of great power and goodness would mean the disastrous abolition of evil
[Nietzsche]
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1473
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Is evil an illusion, or a necessary contrast, or uncontrollable, or necessary for human free will?
[Mackie, by PG]
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1472
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The propositions that God is good and omnipotent, and that evil exists, are logically contradictory
[Mackie, by PG]
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2175
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There is a problem of evil only if you expect the world to be good
[Williams,B]
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24164
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Even non-theists can wonder what, if anything, makes the universe good
[Cochrane]
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