Results 11 to 20 of about 771,683 (301)
Evil, child abuse and the caring professions [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of this paper is to explore the ways in which the concept of evil has been invoked in relation to child abuse. First, the scene is set by juxtaposing professional discourses which have eschewed the concept of evil and public opinion which is ...
Humphrey, Caroline
core +1 more source
The Emotional Impact of Evil: Philosophical Reflections on Existential Problems [PDF]
, 2019 In The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky illustrates that encounters with evil do not solely impact agents’ beliefs about God (or God’s existence). Evil impacts people on an emotional level as well.
Colgrove, Nicholas
core +1 more source
Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies, 2020 This article compares two major books: Paul Ricœur’s The Symbolism of Evil and George Bataille’s Literature and Evil. The linking between these two thinkers that everything seems to oppose is driven by the hope to find a productive compatibility between ...
Cristina Henrique da Costa
doaj +1 more source
Matter in Plotinus's Normative Ontology. [PDF]
, 2004 To most interpreters, the case seems to be clear: Plotinus identifies matter and evil, as he bluntly states in Enn. I.8[51] that ‘last matter’ is ‘evil’, and even ‘evil itself’.
Schäfer, Christian
core +1 more source
Evil Itself and Nothingness in Proclus
Peitho, 2020 In his reflection on the nature of evil, the Neoplatonic philosopher Proclus affirms that evil itself (to autokakon) is “also beyond the absolute non-being” (epekeina kai tou mēdamōs ontos).
Valerio Napoli
doaj +1 more source
Is God Good? Aquinas, Śamkara, Abhinavagupta, Balinese Śaivism, and the Problematics of the Argument from Evil [PDF]
, 2016 The problem of evil--as opposed to the argument from evil--is an ancient one, but it was not initially formulated as an argument in support of atheism. God\u27s existence was taken for granted, and on that basis thinkers like Augustine engaged an serious
Nelson, Lance E.
core +2 more sources
Telesni načini škodovanja čarovnic
Bodily Harm Inflicted by Witches
Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2007 Discussed are the ways of inflecting harm by exuding envy through different parts of witch’s body (the evil eye, evil speech, evil touch, evil gift ), and protective measures against the evil eye and against intentional praise in eastern part of Slovenia.
Mirjam Mencej
doaj +1 more source
Aristotle and the Privation Theory of Evil [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفهAccording to the privation theory of evil, evil is the privation of something that a thing should naturally possess on account of its species. This definition of privation is introduced by Aristotle, but Aristotle himself has never explicitly equated ...
Ali Nikzad, Ghasem Pourhasan
doaj +1 more source
Systemic evil and the international political imagination [PDF]
, 2016 In light of the persistence of discourses of atrocity in the post-Holocaust era, and with the resurgence of talk of evil that followed 11 September 2001, it is clear that the idea of evil still possesses a powerful hold upon the modern imagination.
Hayden, Patrick
core +1 more source
Face-to-face: Social work and evil [PDF]
, 2014 The concept of evil continues to feature in public discourses and has been reinvigorated in some academic disciplines and caring professions. This article navigates social workers through the controversy surrounding evil so that they are better equipped ...
A. G. Miller +20 more
core +1 more source