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The Problem of Evil in the Ancient World
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The aim of this book is to ascertain how ancient Greek and Latin authors, both pagan and Christian, formulated and answered what is now called the problem of evil. The survey ranges chronologically from the classical and Hellenistic eras, through the Roman era, to the end of the pagan world. Six of the twelve chapters are devoted to Christianity (including Manichaeism), as one thesis of the book is that the problem of evil takes an acute form only for Christians, since no other philosophy of antiquity posits a personal God exercising providence over individuals without having to overcome countervailing forces. None the less it will also be shown that Greek philosophies, Platonism in particular, come close to the Christian formulation. Being conscious of the affinity between Greek thought and their own, early Christians respond to the problem of evil in the same way as the philosophers, by questioning the existence of evil rather than of the divine.
Author Bio
Mark Edwards是一位关注古典学、早期基督教与古代思想史的学者，研究领域涉及古希腊罗马文学、哲学及宗教观念。他的著作常从思想史与文本细读出发，探讨古代世界中的神学与伦理问题。《The Problem of Evil in the Ancient World》体现了他对“恶的问题”在古典与基督教传统中形成过程的深入考察。
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