Single Idea 2659

[catalogued under 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil]

Full Idea

Time would fail me if I tried to list all the good men for whom things have turned out badly. So it would if I tried to mention all the wicked who have prospered.

Gist of Idea

The lists of good men who have suffered and bad men who have prospered are endless

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], III.80)

Book Reference

Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.228