Assertion: evil | /r/HasProperty | privation
Facets:
value: merely
type: DEGREE
value: according to st. thomas
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Evil, according to St. Thomas, is a privation, or the absence of some good which belongs properly to the nature of the creature.
text: Rather, only good exists, and evil is merely the privation of, or lack of good.
text: So even if it is true that evil is a privation, this does not have as a consequence that God is not the author of sin.