Origin of Evil in The Confessions by Augustine

In the confession, Augustine wrote about his struggle for evil in understanding the world God created. He wondered if this is possible, why God allowed evil in his creation. After thoroughly exploring the solution, Augustine concluded that evil does not exist and that it is free will to be regarded as evil. This article explains his early interpretation of the origin of the evil taught by Augustine, explains the doctrine of Augustine, and finally considers Augustine's reluctance to convert to support his conclusion With description.

In "confession", Augustine determined the origin of evil through human emotions and motivation explanation and observation. Human emotions and motivations arise from special freedom from God. But Augustine never regarded this freedom as an excuse to act irresponsibly in front of God. Good things happen when humans allow humans to influence how autonomy is exercised by the grace of God. Otherwise, evil becomes dominant. Augustine first confirmed the goodness of the creation of all the gods. In Volume 1, the former thinks that the technique of God is "to support the (own God's own) ship" (Pusey, 3). Everything that God formed contains part of him. If a person wishes to find a god, he or she does not need to look so far - God exists in him or her

Prior to entering the subject of free will, confession initially analyzed the essence of evil. Details of Book 5 Augustine attempts to harmonize the existence of evil with the supremacy of God. During his studies in Carthage, Augustine accepted the heresy of manicure. This orthodox emphasizes strongly the natural dualism. A kind spiritual spirit and evil material god compete for the superiority and control of the universe. As Manichaeo, Augustine believes evil is substantive - "substance" (it has its own waste and terrible amount) (Pusey, 44). Therefore he opposes the Christian faith that only one god comes from all the existing ones. For Augustine, evil can not be derived from a kind spiritual spirit. Evil comes from enemies unrelated to the latter (Pusey, 44)