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Headword: Κακῶν
Adler number: kappa,176
Translated headword: of evils
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
God is not responsible for evils.[1] We properly call evils not what some ordinary people are wont to call evil, but vice and licentiousness and the other kinds of lawlessness which we venture of our own free will. For we are responsible for these, not God who prescribed the opposite by his law.
Greek Original:
Κακῶν: ὅτι ἀναίτιος τῶν κακῶν ὁ θεός. κακὰ δὲ κυρίως ὀνομάζομεν, οὐχ ἃ τῶν πολλῶν ὀνομάζειν φίλον τισίν: ἀλλὰ κακίαν καὶ ἀκολασίαν καὶ τὰς ἄλλας παρανομίας ὑφ' ἡμῶν αὐτεξουσίως τολμωμένας. ἡμεῖς γὰρ τούτων αἴτιοι, οὐχ ὁ τἀναντία νομοθετήσας θεός.
Notes:
George the Monk 85.13-17.
[1] So in idiomatic English; the Greek has 'not-responsible of'. This dictum is reminiscent of Plato, Republic 379B and, especially, 617E (θεὸς ἀναίτιος ).
Keywords: Christianity; definition; ethics; historiography; law; philosophy; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 September 2002@00:21:17.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 3 September 2002@03:00:00.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 10 October 2005@09:10:13.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 9 November 2005@06:20:53.
Marcelo Boeri (Expanded note.) on 24 June 2009@16:23:48.
David Whitehead (tweaked n.1; another keyword; cosmetics) on 25 June 2009@02:56:23.
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