St. Augustine

Source and Cause of Evil
In the book “On Free Choice of the Will” written by Saint Augustine, portrays his insight on evil. Through out the book, Augustine argues with Evodius on topics of philosophy and ethics trying to reason with the existence of a higher power, God. People never think that people who hold the same opinion as them are evil. The people who are handing out the justice in turn are not always good people. Saint Augustine comes to this theme through the recognitions that lust is the source of evil and will is the cause of evil.

Augustine comes to this conclusion after many years of questions and soul searching. Before this statement is becomes conscious to...