Abstract

The main subject of the study is the problem of theodicy in the philosophy of Plotinus. In the texts devoted to the problem of evil and theodicy, Plotinus argued against two types of evil – the evil in itself, or the first matter, and evil as an accidental property, among which is the sin of the soul. The first and second series of arguments represent two different versions of theodicy, which have already been previously represented in Platonism – in Plato and Plutarch. However, Plotinus' arguments are of great strength, since they work within the framework of an integral monistic doctrine.