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To state the proposition in a somewhat different form, the great problem of evil is not whether evil exists, or how much harm it does in the world, but rather, is evil so entrenched in the conditions of existence that all efforts to eradi- cate it are doomed to failure. Stated thus it is clear that the answer to all other questions 146 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION about evil will depend on the answer we return to this central problem.
My friend reached the optimistic answer that the fundamental order... of the world is good. I must go on, however, and reach my own con- clusion. You know the famous dictum of the pessimism of Schopenhauer, that the root of ex- istence, the effort to live is painful and there- fore irrational. The conclusion of Schopen- hauer is, of course, that good is impossible and that evil is inherent in the root of living itself. This may be true or not. There is much to prove that living in itself is sweet. Further- more, if we maintain that the act of living is painful and yet admit as one must that the in- stinct to life overcomes the aversion that the pain of it inevitably causes, the question comes as to the inner motive of this instinct itself.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
To state the proposition in a somewhat different form, the great problem of evil is not whether evil exists, or how much harm it does in the world, but rather, is evil so entrenched in the conditions of existence that all efforts to eradi- cate it are doomed to failure. Stated thus it is clear that the answer to all other questions 146 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION about evil will depend on the answer we return to this central problem.
My friend reached the optimistic answer that the fundamental order... of the world is good. I must go on, however, and reach my own con- clusion. You know the famous dictum of the pessimism of Schopenhauer, that the root of ex- istence, the effort to live is painful and there- fore irrational. The conclusion of Schopen- hauer is, of course, that good is impossible and that evil is inherent in the root of living itself. This may be true or not. There is much to prove that living in itself is sweet. Further- more, if we maintain that the act of living is painful and yet admit as one must that the in- stinct to life overcomes the aversion that the pain of it inevitably causes, the question comes as to the inner motive of this instinct itself.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Alexander Thomas Ormond to read onlineMoreLess
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