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Peter Adamson on Plotinus on Evil

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The Imperfection of Evil

Platonus says there is no such thing as pure evil. The problem only comes when you've got that joined to a lot of goodness, he writes. Plotinus: 'The ugly tree is ugly because it lacks something, namely a beautiful shape'

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