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evil, antithesis of good. The philosophical problem of evil is most simply stated in the question, why does evil exist in the world? Death, disease, and sin sin, in religion, unethical act. The term implies disobedience to a personal God, as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is not used so often in systems such as Buddhism where there is no personal divinity.
..... Click the link for more information. are often included in the problem. Traditional Christian belief ascribes evil to the misdeeds of humans, to whom God has granted free will free will, in philosophy, the doctrine that an individual, regardless of forces external to him, can and does choose at least some of his actions. The existence of free will is challenged by determinism .
..... Click the link for more information. . The Christian systems that believe in predestination predestination, in theology, doctrine that asserts that God predestines from eternity the salvation of certain souls. So-called double predestination, as in Calvinism , is the added assertion that God also foreordains certain souls to damnation.
..... Click the link for more information. and justification by faith claim, like their Christian opponents, that God is still not the author of the evil men do. One explanation of evil is dualism dualism, any philosophical system that seeks to explain all phenomena in terms of two distinct and irreducible principles. It is opposed to monism and pluralism. In Plato 's philosophy there is an ultimate dualism of being and becoming, of ideas and matter.
..... Click the link for more information. , as in Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism (zô'rōăs`trēənĭzəm), religion founded by Zoroaster, but with many later accretions.
..... Click the link for more information. and Manichaeism Manichaeism (măn`ĭkēĭzəm) or Manichaeanism
..... Click the link for more information. . In optimism evil is treated often as more apparent than real. The book of Job is a literary treatment of the problem.

Bibliography

See R. Taylor, Good and Evil (1970); F. Sontag, The God of Evil (1970); R. Stivers, Evil in Modern Myth and Ritual (1982); D. Parkin, ed., The Anthropology of Evil (1987).

Evil

See also Demon, Devil, Villainy, Wickedness.

Ahriman

represents principle of wickedness; will one day perish. [Persian Myth.: LLEI, I: 322; Zoroastrianism: Benét, 16]

Alberich’s curse

on the Rhinegold ring: possessor will die. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Rhinegold, Westerman, 233]

Apaches

name given to Parisian gangsters. [Fr. Hist.: Payton, 31]

Apollyon

demon, personification of evil, vanquished by Christian’s wholesomeness. [Br. Lit.: Pilgrim’s Progress]

Archimago

enchanter epitomizing wickedness. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene]

Ate

goddess of wickedness, mischief, and infatuation. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 32]

Avidyā

cause of suffering through desire. [Hindu Phil.: Parrinder, 36]

Badman, Mr.

from childhood to death, has committed every sin. [Br. Lit.: Bunyan The Life and Death of Mr. Badman in Magill III, 575]

black

symbol of sin and badness. [Color Symbolism: Jobes, 357]

black dog

symbol of the devil. [Rom. Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 329]

black heart

symbol of a scoundrel. [Folklore: Jobes, 223]

black poodle

a transformation of Mephistopheles. [Ger. Lit.: Faust]

crocodile

epitome of power of evil. [Medieval Animal Symbolism: White, 8–10]

darkness

traditional association with evil in many dualistic religions. [Folklore: Cirlot, 76–77]

Darth Vader

fallen Jedi Knight has turned to evil. [Am. Cinema: Star Wars]

dragon

archetypal symbol of Satan and wickedness. [Christian Symbolism: Appleton, 34]

Drug

principle of evil. [Zoroastrianism: Leach, 325]

Gestapo

Nazi secret police. [Ger. Hist.: Hitler, 453]

Golden Calf

Mephisto’s cynical and demoniacal tarantella. [Fr. Opera: Gounod, Faust, Westerman, 187]

Iago

declaims “I believe in a cruel god.” [Br. Lit.: Othello; Ital. Opera: Verdi, Otello; Westerman, 329]

John, Don

plots against Claudio. [Br. Lit.: Much Ado About Nothing]

Klingsor

enemy of Grail knights. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Parsifal, Westerman, 248]

Kurtz, Mr.

white trader in Africa, debased by savage natives into horrible practices. [Br. Lit.: Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness in Magill III, 447]

lobelia

traditional symbol of evil. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]

Loki

god of fire, evil, and strife who contrived the death of Balder. [Scand. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 560]

Mephistopheles

the cynical, malicious devil to whom Faust sells his soul. [Ger. Lit.: Faust, Payton, 436]

Miles and Flora

apparently sweet children assume wicked miens mysteriously. [Am. Lit.: The Turn of the Screw]

Monterone

after humiliation, curses both Duke and Rigoletto. [Ital. Opera: Verdi, Rigoletto, Westerman, 299]

o’Nell, Peg

wicked spirit claiming victim every seven years. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 323]

Pandora’s box

contained all evils; opened up, evils escape to afflict world. [Rom. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 799]

Popeye

degenerate gangster and murderer who rapes Temple Drake. [Am. Lit.: Sanctuary]

Powler, Peg

wicked water-demon; lures children to death. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 323–324]

Queen of the Night

urges the murder of Sarastro, her husband, by their daughter. [Ger. Opera: Mozart The Magic Flute in Benét, 619]

Quint, Peter

dead manservant who haunts James’s story. [Am. Lit.: Turn of the Screw]

Rasputin

immoral person of tremendous power and seeming invulnerability. [Russ. Hist.: Espy, 339–340]

Satan

the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of man. [Christianity and Judaism: Misc.]

Vandals

East German people known for their wanton destruction (533). [Ger. Hist.: Payton, 705]

Wicked Witch of the West

the terror of Oz. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]

Wolf’s Glen

scene of macabre uproar. [Ger. Opera: von Weber, Der Freischütz, Westerman, 139–140]

evil - As used by a hacker, implies that some system, program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned as to be not worth the bother of dealing with. Unlike the adjectives in the cretinous, losing, brain-damaged series, "evil" does not imply incompetence or bad design, but rather a set of goals or design criteria fatally incompatible with the speaker's. This usage is more an aesthetic and engineering judgment than a moral one in the mainstream sense. "We thought about adding a Blue Glue interface but decided it was too evil to deal with." "TECO is neat, but it can be pretty evil if you're prone to typos." Often pronounced with the first syllable lengthened, as /eeee'vil/.

Compare evil and rude.

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