Original scientific paper
ONTOLOGY OF EVIL IN KVIRIN VASILJ’S WORKS
Nikola Stanković
; Filozofski fakultet Družbe Isusove u Zagrebu
Abstract
The article deals with understanding of physical, moral and metaphysical
evil in Kvirin Vasilj’s philosophy. Since he does not accept existence of
metaphysical evil as an individual reality (he understands metaphysical
evil from the final goal or final character), we come to the question what
kind of reality is acknowledged for physical and moral evil. Vasilj does
not admit that physical evil is a simple lack of good (privation boni), but
he sees its reality in a special form, at least as a separation of those which
belong together or joining those which do not belong together. There is also
a question which kind of relation physical evil has with moral evil and
would people really suffer if anybody did not make mistake or if everybody
was morally perfect. The paper tries to determine ontologically what
evil should be with regard to its reality according to Kvirin Vasilj. For him
it is not illusion but reality which a human must count with. Everyone
deals with it in his/her own way, either the good ones become better in
front of it, or the evil ones become worse. The problem is not simple – not
even for Vasilj.
Keywords
metaphysical evil; physical evil; moral evil; ontology of evil.
Hrčak ID:
230126
URI
Publication date:
17.12.2007.
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