Unde malum? in Methodius of Olympus’ „De autexusio”
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2017.005Keywords
Methodius of Olympus, free will, evil, matter, substance, qualities, creation ex nihiloAbstract
The fundamental aim in Methodius of Olympus’ († 311) “On Free Will” (De autexusio), is an attempt to find an explanation for a question of the origin of evil. In it, while promoting the opinion of creation from non-existence, the author conducted a thorough critique of the dualistic arguments of Middle Platonism on the topic of the origin of matter and the nature of evil. Because of the concept of man’s free will, he defined evil as an action of the relevant entity. The main objective of this study is an analysis of the reasoning within De autexusio, with particular consideration of the ideological positions presented by the respective interlocutors.References
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