Good is positive. Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat. All evil is so much death or nonentity. Benevolence is absolute and real. So much benevolence as a man hath, so much life hath he.
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"Good is positive. Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat. All evil is so much death or nonentity. Benevolence is absolute and real. So much benevolence as a man hath, so much life hath he." — Ralph Waldo Emerson #deathmortality
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Good is positive. Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat. All evil is so much death or nonentity. Benevolence is absolute and real. So much benevolence as a man hath, so much life hath he. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
About Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a Poet from United States (1803–1882).
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This quote is attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, a Poet from United States.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson lived from 1803 – 1882.
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