“Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good”- Thomas Aquinas

Answer: According to Thomas Aquinas, the good can have an independent existence but evil will always exists in relation to good. This is a meta-physical idea that states that existence must co-exist in a sort of balance or symmetry.

Evil is typically associated with destruction and nothingness. If we allow the evil as same as the good of the world, then we understand the dual nature of existence and nothingness coexists. As the value of coin becomes complete only when both side of head and tail comes together.

When, however, a thing is corrupted, its corruption is an evil because ....

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