Section 27

◄Section 26 - Section 28►

1Just as a mark is not set up in order to be missed, so neither does the nature of evil arise in the universe.[1]

◄Section 26 - Section 28►

1 That is, it is inconceivable that the universe should exist in order that some things may go wrong; hence, nothing natural is evil, and nothing that is by nature evil can arise.—Thus in effect Simplicius, and correctly, it seems.