Note 773 — Chapter VI
Neil Buchanan translation
Footnote 773:
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Περι αρχων II. 9. 2: "Recedere a bono, non aliud est quam effici in malo. Ceterum namque est, malum esse bono canere. Ex quo accidit, ut in quanta mensura quis devolveretur a bono, in tantam mensuram malitiæ deveniret." In the passage in Johann. II. 7, Lomm. I., p. 115, we find a closely reasoned exposition of evil as ανυποστατον and an argument to the effect that τα πονηρα are—μη οντα.