Evil is an absence.
--Plotinus
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| The third-century Egyptian philosopher, Plotinus, found
evil in absence. The insight of Plotinus has special resonance after
the events of September 11, 2001. Writing in The New Republic, Paul
Berman had this to say: "In the skyline now, there is an empty space where
the twin towers used to be. I gaze out my study window, where I am
used to seeing the towers, and I can hardly believe what I see. I
see nothing. Smoke and sky. It is the symbol of absolute evil." |
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