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Proclus

By Carlos Steel

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Proclus

By Carlos Steel

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Proclus' On the Existence of Evils is not a commentary, but helps to compensate for the dearth of Neoplatonist ethical commentaries. The central question addressed in the work is: how can there be evil in a providential world? Neoplatonists agree that it cannot be caused by higher and worthier beings. Plotinus had said that evil is matter, which, unlike Aristotle, he collapsed into mere privation or lack, thus reducing its reality. He also protected higher causes from responsibility by saying that evil may result from a combination of goods. Proclus objects: evil is real, and not a privation. Rather, it is a parasite feeding off good. Parasites have no proper cause, and higher beings are thus vindicated as being the causes only of the good off which evil feeds.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
170
Release Date:
2014-04-10
Publication Date:
2014-04-10
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1472557395
ISBN13:
9781472557391
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
269 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
9 cm
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