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Before one can determine whether the existence of evil is compatible or incompatible with the existence of an all-good, all-powerful God, one has to understand what evil is. Aquinas explains that evil is a privation, a lack of a good that is due to a thing in virtue of the kind of thing that it is, i.e., in terms of its objective nature.

Aquinas learned to think of evil as a privation by reading St. Augustine of Hippo. For a good explanation of how and why Augustine came to this understanding, check out this video:    • Augustine, the Manichees and the Problem o...  

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