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Kikoku

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Plotinus explains why there is evil in the world by asserting that
 
 

a. anything that is not God will necessarily be imperfect.
  b. there is an eternal conflict between the God of Light and the God of Darkness.
  c. God allows there to be evil in the world in order to test the faith of his people.
  d. all of the above
 
 



Question 2

The metaphor Plotinus uses to describe the production of the world is that of
 
 

a. a king ordering the building of a monument.
  b. an explosion sending particles into space.
  c. a poet composing a new poem.
  d. the sun sending forth its eternal light.



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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a.

Answer to Question 2

d.


Kikoku

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Reply #2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Thank you :)


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Reply #3 on: Jul 14, 2018
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