Proclus: On the Existence of Evils

by Carlos Steel and Jan Opsomer

Proclus' On the Existence of Evils is not a commentary, but helps to compensate for the dearth of Neoplatonist ethical commentaries. The central question addressed in the work is: how can there be evil in a providential world? Neoplatonists agree that it cannot be caused by higher and worthier beings. Plotinus had said that evil is matter, which, unlike Aristotle, he collapsed into mere privation or lack, thus reducing its reality. He also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472557395
• ISBN13: 9781472557391
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"