| ### QUESTION 48 ### THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IN PARTICULAR ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the distinction of things in particular; and firstly the distinction of good and evil; and then the distinction of the spiritual and corporeal creatures. #### Concerning the first, we inquire into evil and its cause. #### Concerning evil, six points are to be considered: #### (1) Whether evil is a nature? #### (2) Whether evil is found in things? #### (3) Whether good is the subject of evil? #### (4) Whether evil totally corrupts good? #### (5) The division of evil into pain and fault. #### (6) Whether pain, or fault, has more the nature of evil? ####  |