One might say dualism is the way the unity of the Beyond expresses in immanent space-time reality; but that under the aspect of transcendence the "faces" or "parts" of the dualism are inseparably one. - betty boop
Does this mean that evil must exist and is, thus, inseparable from good, just as night and day, life and death, cold and hot, positive and negative numbers must exist?
I remember my mother often used to say: "There is no good without evil."
Thanks to all for this thread. I now go to the back of the room and keep a low profile.
No, Baraonda. It is not a question of whether evil is "inseparable from the good." On first inspection, it might seem that way. But the more truthful way to put this proposition is to say that evil is, not some kind of siamese twin of the good, but that evil is the pure absence of the good.
To say that evil and good can somehow be equated is the project of our "post-contemporary innovators" (e.g., Marx and his followers, who are legion). The problem of "absence" vs. "presence," however, is an entirely different sort of question.
Granted, it's a subtle point. But I do note a distinction worthy of our attention there. FWIW.
Thank you so much for writing, Baraonda.