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Quotation from Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas

“If, therefore, God existed, there would be no evil discoverable; but there is evil in the world. Therefore God does not exist”

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Summa Theologica, I, Q. 2, Art. 3, Obj. 1, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (1911-1920)

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The first objection in the article on God's existence, showing Aquinas's practice of stating opposing arguments at full strength.

Citation: "If, therefore, God existed, there would be no evil discoverable; but there is evil in the world. Therefore God does not exist" — Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I, Q. 2, Art. 3, Obj. 1, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (1911-1920). (id summa-theologica-q2)

Portrait: Saint Thomas Aquinas, Carlo Crivelli, Public domain.

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