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"Is there an idempotent evil?" is a short essay by Karl Jones.

Is there an idempotent evil?

A singular unitary quality which all evil-doers share?

I am thinking of a Ideal Evil, similar to Plato's archetypal Forms.

We perceive Ideal Evil indirectly, mere shadows on the walls of our prison cell.

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 A singular unitary quality which all evil-doers share?
-I am thinking of a Perfectly Evil Universe, where Plato's archetypal Forms are replaced by an archetypal Evil.
+I am thinking of a Ideal Evil, similar to Plato's archetypal Forms.
-We experience the archetypes indirectly, shadows cast on the walls of prison cell.
+We perceive Ideal Evil indirectly, mere shadows on the walls of our prison cell.
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