Free will and the problem of evil in St. Augustine
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Resumo: | In his work The Nature of Good, written in objection to the conception of Mani as regards the problem of evil and, therefore, the duality of principles that underpin the entire cosmological system and the ontology of Manichaean sect, Augustine demonstrates concern to clarify that all nature is a good, since it comes from God, and that evil, not included among the created beings, is just that whereby the corruption of the mode [modus] species [species] and order [ordo] happens, which are the constituent attributes of beings or natures. The Augustinian thesis about the ontological existence of evil presented in such work and all its philosophical and theological implications had already appeared in the dialogue The Free Will in which, responding to questions of young Evódio, Augustine explains in more detail what later he presents in The Nature of Good, namely, that all things being good, the free will could not be a bad thing, although through it the man can also sin. Drawing on the Augustine’s counter-argument about Manichaeism’s theses, this text, in fact, aims to think about the relationship between the human free will and the origin of evil, according to St. Augustine from the reflection of the works mentioned. |
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Free will and the problem of evil in St. AugustineO livre-arbítrio e o problema do mal em Santo AgostinhoGood. Evil. Free will. Sin. Divine justice.Bem. Mal. Livre-arbítrio. Pecado. Justiça divina.In his work The Nature of Good, written in objection to the conception of Mani as regards the problem of evil and, therefore, the duality of principles that underpin the entire cosmological system and the ontology of Manichaean sect, Augustine demonstrates concern to clarify that all nature is a good, since it comes from God, and that evil, not included among the created beings, is just that whereby the corruption of the mode [modus] species [species] and order [ordo] happens, which are the constituent attributes of beings or natures. The Augustinian thesis about the ontological existence of evil presented in such work and all its philosophical and theological implications had already appeared in the dialogue The Free Will in which, responding to questions of young Evódio, Augustine explains in more detail what later he presents in The Nature of Good, namely, that all things being good, the free will could not be a bad thing, although through it the man can also sin. Drawing on the Augustine’s counter-argument about Manichaeism’s theses, this text, in fact, aims to think about the relationship between the human free will and the origin of evil, according to St. Augustine from the reflection of the works mentioned.Em sua obra A Natureza do Bem, escrita em objeção à concepção de Mani no que diz respeito ao problema do mal e, consequentemente, à dualidade de princípios em que se fundamentam toda a ontologia e o sistema cosmológico da seita maniquéia, Santo Agostinho demonstra preocupação em esclarecer que toda natureza é um bem, uma vez que procede de Deus e que o mal, não incluído entre os seres criados, é tão somente aquilo pelo qual se dá a corrupção do modo [modus], da espécie [species] e da ordem [ordo], que são os atributos constitutivos dos seres ou naturezas. A tese agostiniana da inexistência ontológica do mal presente na referida obra, bem como todas as suas implicações filosófico-teológicas, já aparecia no diálogo O livre-arbítrio em que, respondendo aos questionamentos do jovem Evódio, Agostinho esclarece mais pormenorizadamente o que, mais tarde apresentaria em A Natureza do Bem, a saber: que sendo todas as coisas boas, o livre-arbítrio não poderia ser um mal, embora por meio dele possa o homem também pecar. Valendo-se da contra-argumentação agostiniana das teses defendidas pelo maniqueísmo, este trabalho, com efeito, tem por objetivo pensar a relação existente entre o livre-arbítrio humano e a origem do mal, segundo Santo Agostinho, a partir da reflexão das obras mencionadas.Universidade Federal do Ceará2010-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/18957Argumentos - Revista de Filosofia; No 3Argumentos - Periódico de Filosofia; Núm. 3Argumentos - Revista de Filosofia; n. 31984-42551984-4247reponame:Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)instname:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)instacron:UFCporhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/18957/29676Copyright (c) 2017 Argumentosinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCoutinho, Gracielle Nascimento2021-07-24T13:16:23Zoai:periodicos.ufc:article/18957Revistahttp://www.filosofia.ufc.br/argumentosPUBhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/oaiargumentos@ufc.br||1984-42551984-4247opendoar:2021-07-24T13:16:23Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online) - Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)false |
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Free will and the problem of evil in St. Augustine O livre-arbítrio e o problema do mal em Santo Agostinho |
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Free will and the problem of evil in St. Augustine |
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Free will and the problem of evil in St. Augustine Coutinho, Gracielle Nascimento Good. Evil. Free will. Sin. Divine justice. Bem. Mal. Livre-arbítrio. Pecado. Justiça divina. |
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Coutinho, Gracielle Nascimento |
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Coutinho, Gracielle Nascimento |
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Good. Evil. Free will. Sin. Divine justice. Bem. Mal. Livre-arbítrio. Pecado. Justiça divina. |
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Good. Evil. Free will. Sin. Divine justice. Bem. Mal. Livre-arbítrio. Pecado. Justiça divina. |
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In his work The Nature of Good, written in objection to the conception of Mani as regards the problem of evil and, therefore, the duality of principles that underpin the entire cosmological system and the ontology of Manichaean sect, Augustine demonstrates concern to clarify that all nature is a good, since it comes from God, and that evil, not included among the created beings, is just that whereby the corruption of the mode [modus] species [species] and order [ordo] happens, which are the constituent attributes of beings or natures. The Augustinian thesis about the ontological existence of evil presented in such work and all its philosophical and theological implications had already appeared in the dialogue The Free Will in which, responding to questions of young Evódio, Augustine explains in more detail what later he presents in The Nature of Good, namely, that all things being good, the free will could not be a bad thing, although through it the man can also sin. Drawing on the Augustine’s counter-argument about Manichaeism’s theses, this text, in fact, aims to think about the relationship between the human free will and the origin of evil, according to St. Augustine from the reflection of the works mentioned. |
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