1.5 The problem of Evil QUOTES Flashcards
1
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33 words, St Augustine
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'’Evil comes from God’. It was obvious to me that things which are liable to corruption are good. If therewere no good in them there would be nothing capable of being corrupted.’
2
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18 words, St Augustine
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“When a thing is corrupted, its corruption is an evil because it is a privation of the good.”
3
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19 words, John Stuart Mill
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“Nearly all the things which men are hanged or imprisoned for doing to one another are nature’s everyday performances.”
4
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29 words, John Hick
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“Humanity is created at an epistemic distance from God in order to come freely to know and love their maker; and that they are at the same time created.”
