Before revision: This helped him develop a response to the problem of evil from a theological (and non-Manichean) perspective, Augustine proposed that evil could not exist within God, nor be created by God, and is instead a by-product of God's creativity.Menn 2002, p. 168 He rejected the notion that evil exists in itself, proposing instead that it is a privation of (or falling away from) good, and a corruption of nature.Menn 2002, p. 170 He wrote that "evil has no positive nature; but the loss of good has received the name 'evil.
After revision: This helped him develop a response to the problem of evil from a theological (and non-Manichean) perspective, Augustine rejected the notion that evil exists in itself, proposing instead that it is a privation of (or falling away from) good, and a corruption of nature.Menn 2002, p. 170 He wrote that "evil has no positive nature; but the loss of good has received the name 'evil.