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On the Existence of Evils (Hardcover, New edition): Diadochus Proclus

On the Existence of Evils (Hardcover, New edition)

Diadochus Proclus; Edited by Jan Opsomer, Carlos Steel; Translated by Jan Opsomer, Carlos Steel

Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle

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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.

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Imprint: Bristol Classical Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Release date: April 2003
Authors: Diadochus Proclus
Editors: Jan Opsomer • Carlos Steel
Translators: Jan Opsomer • Carlos Steel
Dimensions: 240 x 160 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-7156-3198-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
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LSN: 0-7156-3198-5
Barcode: 9780715631980

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