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Summary Against Modern Thought: Good is the Cause of Evil
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Good is the Cause of Evil

Previous post. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. That Good is the Cause of Evil 1 The foregoing arguments enable us to conclude that evil is caused…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Why You Might Say Evil Is A Thing, Part II
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Why You Might Say Evil Is A Thing, Part II

Previous post. These are the rebuttals to the arguments presented last week. Review! Answers to these arguments 1 It is not difficult to answer these arguments. Evil and good are…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Why You Might Say Evil Is A Thing
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Why You Might Say Evil Is A Thing

Previous post. Today some purported counter-examples to this assertion are given, along with their rebuttals. As far as coming speaking about evil, see paragraph 5 and 6 from the second…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil Is Not An Essence
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil Is Not An Essence

Previous post. Evil is a lack, not an attribute. We as shorthand like to say it is an attribute, but that is all this is: shorthand, a metaphor. Here we…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Not Intended, Part II
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Not Intended, Part II

Previous post. We continue with the proof that evil is not intended, with some seemingly convincing counter-arguments, and the answers to these. Two Chapters this week. Arguments which seem to…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Not Intended
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Not Intended

Previous post. Evil is not intended, but it often results because of lack of knowledge of The Good or the will is not directed toward The Good. That evil in…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Every Agent Acts for a Good
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Every Agent Acts for a Good

Previous post. Every agent acts for what it thinks is a good, even if it misses the mark. That every agent acts for a good 1 Next after this we…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Every Agent Acts for an End
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Every Agent Acts for an End

Previous post. Every agents does indeed act for an end, and never for nothing. For nothing is the absence of anything. There is no such thing as "random". How every…
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