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Evil

Evil, as a concept, is usually defined as profound immorality, and it is related to acts that cause pain and suffering to others.

Chinese moral philosophy, Psychology & Etymology

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Etymology

Chinese moral philosophy

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Evil

Nodes170
Edges169
Triples106
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011765
Components1

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Evil

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related to External links · 24
Evil → An Investigation, Apr, BBC, BBC Radio, Concept, Everyday LifePsychology Today, Evl, Galen Strawson, Good, In Our Time, Indexing EvilBooknotes, Jones Erwin, JudaismABC News, Lance Morrow, Leszek Kolakowski, Looking, Margaret Atkins, May, October, PhilosophyGood
related to Etymology · 15
Evil → Dutch, English, German, Germanic, Gothic, Hittite, Middle English, Old English, Old Frisian, Old High German, Old Saxon, Other, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, The
related to Usefulness as a term · 11
Evil → Card, Claudia Card, David McNaughton, Eve Garrard, Garrard, If, Most, Russell, Some, There, Those
related to Question of a universal definition · 10
Evil → Defining, However, In, It, Lewis, Man, Marcus Singer, Social, The Abolition, Yet
related to Necessity · 8
Evil → According, Devil, Florentine, He, Martin Luther, Niccolò Machiavelli, One, Seek
related to Ancient Egyptian · 7
Evil → Apep, Egypt, Isfet, It, Maat, Ra, Ra's
related to Carl Jung · 7
Evil → Answer, Carl Jung, God, Jesus, Job, Jung, People
related to Philip Zimbardo · 7
Evil → In, Philip Zimbardo, Stanford, The Lucifer Effect, This, Turn Evil, Understanding How Good People
related to Approaches · 4
Evil → Applied, Meta-ethics, Normative, Views
related to European philosophy · 4
Evil → Europe, Hannah Arendt, In, Nazi Germany

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Evilis apositive good0.90text
the German Übelinstance ofand its cognates0.80text
Dutch euvel are widely considered to come from a Proto-Germanic reconstructed form ofinstance ofand its cognates0.80text
the leader of the fallen angels Sataninstance ofevil is understood to be an opposition to God as well as something unsuitable or inferior0.80text
Evilrelated to Ancient EgyptianEgypt0.60section
Evilrelated to Ancient EgyptianIsfet0.60section
Evilrelated to Ancient EgyptianIt0.60section
Evilrelated to Ancient EgyptianMaat0.60section
Evilrelated to Ancient EgyptianApep0.60section
Evilrelated to Ancient EgyptianRa0.60section
Evilrelated to Ancient EgyptianRa's0.60section
Evilrelated to ApproachesViews0.60section

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