St. Thomas Aquinas on Suffering and Evil | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.
The Thomistic Institute
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What Is Evil for St. Thomas?
The name evil is si signifies a certain absence of good, or otark f what that certain absence is. Not to have an arm is an evil for saint thomas. A goose, the goose not flying south, is a certain evil for saint Thomas. But not having a million dollars in your pocket, while disappointing, is not an evil because it's not part of the definition of being human.
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