# <![CDATA[S7, E7 The Guide of the Perplexed, The Problem of Evil, 03: The Good God, Evil, and the Body]]>

From **The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton** by R Shnayor Burton.

- **Published:** Wed, 31 Jul 2024 01:53:24 GMT
- **Duration:** 01:06:32
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<![CDATA[<p>This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger. 

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<p>Highlights:
00:00 The meaning of "good" according to Crescas; Plato and Aristotle on the meaning of "good"; Maimonides' strange silence on the issue</p>
<p>18:30 Maimonides shifts theodicy from ethics to metaphysics</p>
<p>20:00 Privation as a principle of reality</p>
<p>31:00 The dynamic interplay between being and non-being</p>
<p>37:00 Understanding the nature of being is how beings learn to appreciate being</p>
<p>50:30 Why do all humans think there is evil if there really isn't any?</p>
<p>54:00 Knowledge and the forms are eternal</p>
<p>57:00 Privation and its association with matter</p>
<p>59:30 Humans can't help but see evil since they are embodied</p>
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