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Rather than subscribe to the prevailing theory that evil represented the polar opposite of good – acting as a necessary counterbalance within the realm of human morality – Augustine proposes a radically divergent viewpoint in his "Confessions," asserting that "evil has no existence except as a privation of good, down to that level which is altogether without being" (VII, [XII], 18). This conclusion is reached after Augustine poses one of the most challenging theological conundrums ever constructed, postulating that if God is both supremely good and omnipotent, evil should have no reason to exist. The fact that evil is so clearly manifested by human behavior suggests that God is not all-powerful, but instead represents a facet of creation that has strayed from its original intent. By recognizing the paradox inherent in a wholly religious worldview, Augustine neatly solved this dilemma by proposing a truly novel solution in his theory that evil is simply the privation of good.

Shrek and Wife of Bath's Tale - Comparisons and Contrasts

Orchid Thief: An Exercise in Narrative and Non-Narrative Subversion

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¶ … MONSTER with Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci

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Homer -- Was the Blind Bard a Poetic Activist for War or Peace?

¶ … Actor by Uta Hagen [...] review the book, including the benefit of this book and Hagen's method of acting to actors both new and experienced. The book is a benefit to anyone who reads it.