Evil, as a concept, is usually defined as profound immorality, and it is related to acts that cause pain and suffering to others.
In many Abrahamic religions, demons are considered to be evil beings and are contrasted with angels, who are their good contemporaries.
The devil, in opposition to the will of God, represents evil and tempts Christ, the personification of the character and will of God. Ary Scheffer, 1854.
One of the five paintings of Extermination of Evil portrays one of the eight guardians of Buddhist law, Sendan Kendatsuba, banishing evil.
Martin Luther believed that occasional minor evil could have a positive effect.
Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, may be an experience of unpleasantness or aversion, possibly associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. Suffering is the basic elem
Evil
…Evil, as a concept, is usually defined as profound immorality, and it is related to acts that cause pain and suffering to others. Evil is commonly seen as the opposite, or sometimes absence, of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage it…
Tragic mask on the façade of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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