philosophical_concept

chief evil

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Properties

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antithesis
Chief Good
associated_concept
division
associated_with
  • irrational life
  • Duad
description
A fundamental ethical and philosophical concept, imagined by Augustine to consist in division, associated with an unknown substance of irrational life, and identified with the Duad.
initial_nature
unknown substance of irrational life
initial_origin_belief
not derived from God
nature
divided

Relationships

  • associated_withDivision
    description
    The narrator associated 'division' with his miserable imagination of an unknown substance of irrational life and the nature of the chief evil.
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    but in this division I miserably imagined there to be some unknown substance of irrational life, and the nature of the chief evil
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    2026-03-02T21:55:16.128Z
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  • is_represented_byDuad
    description
    The chief evil, along with irrational life, was imagined by Augustine to be the Duad.
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    2026-03-02T21:55:17.270Z
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