Platonus' Theory of Matter and Evil

Platonus' theory is often summarized as the claim that matter and evil are the same thing. But it would be more accurate to say that matter is the principle of evils. In itself matter is nothing at all, whereas any given case of badness or evil is a specific deficiency in matter. All this seems to be aimed at explaining natural evils, like illness and deformation, rather than the evil found within us humans.