Wrestling with the problem of evil, Augustine sought to define evil in purely negative terms. Evil is a lack, privation (privatio), or negation (negatio) of the good.
(R. C. Sproul, The Consequences of Ideas p. 62).
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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This winter we're getting a lot of privation of heat.
Cold is where heat is lacking;
darkness is where light is missing;
and evil is where good is absent.
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