Proclus: on the Existence of Evils

Name: Proclus: on the Existence of Evils
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ISBN: 9781472557391

ISBN-10: 1472557395

ISBN-13: 9781472557391

Edition: 2014

Authors: Carlos Steel, Jan Opsomer

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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…

Book details

List price: $76.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 4/10/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.36" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Carlos Steel is Emeritus Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, and Director of 'Aristoteles Latinus'.