On Evil

About this book

The De Malo represents some of Aquinas most mature thinking on goodness badness and human agency. In it he examines the full range of questions associated with evil: its origin its nature its relation to good and its compatability with the existence of an omnipotent benevolent God. This edition offers the Leonine Commissions authoritative edition of the Latin text with Regans new clear English translation and an extensive introduction by Brian Davies.