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People do evil things because they are evil. Some people are evil in the way that some things are coloured indigo. They commit their evil deeds not to achieve some goal, but just because of the sort of people they are.

People do evil things because they are evil. Some people are evil in the way that some things are coloured indigo. They commit their evil deeds not to achieve some goal, but just because of the sort of people they are.

Terry Eagleton
People, Evil, Goal
Terry Eagleton (2010). “On Evil”, p.4, Yale University Press

Evil is unintelligible. It is just a thing in itself, like boarding a crowded commuter train wearing only a giant boa constrictor. There is no context which would make it explicable.

Terry Eagleton
Evil, Giants, Train

Evil is often supposed to be without rhyme or reason.

Terry Eagleton
Evil, Reason, Rhyme
Terry Eagleton (2010). “On Evil”, p.3, Yale University Press

Evil may be 'unscientific' but so is a song or a smile.

Terry Eagleton
Song, Evil, May

It is true that some liberals and humanists, along with the laid-back Danes, deny the existence of evil. This is largely because they regard the word 'evil' as a device for demonising those who are really nothing more than socially unfortunate.

Terry Eagleton
Evil, Laid Back, Deny

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