| Age of Mythology |
Life and Death, good and evil are united in one Ironic
Truth. |
| Socrates/ Plato |
Evil is ignorance; the Soul is innate and
good. |
| Aristotle |
Evil is immoderate behavior; good is the
mean between extremes. |
| Sophocles |
Evil is innate and ineradicable, but we
can take responsibility for it. |
| Ancient Hebrews |
Evil stems from human disobedience (free
will), but so does wisdom. |
| Epicurus |
Evil is pain;
good is pleasure.
|
| Lucretius |
Evil stems from the fear of death. |
| Jesus |
Evil is unavoidable, but grace is
possible. |
| St. Augustine |
Evil is the absence of God. |
| Chaucer |
Evil is the perversion of natural
instinct. |