Augustine is unsuccessful in solving the problem of defining evil by using the idea of free will and unchangeable intermediate and inferior goods to argue that everything God Created is good and human beings alone are the cause of sin and evil. To understand Augustine's argument for the existence of evil in a world created by a perfect God of only good things I will briefly examine Augustine's reasoning for belief in God for which …
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…its creator and hence God would not exist in the image Augustine had painted of him. In conclusion Augustine does an excellent job trying to align the Platonic higherarchy of goods to the Christian Doctrin. The two are almost compatible. Augustine fails however to make a coherent argument for the existence of evil in a world created by God. This failure is evident in Augustine's definition of free will and unchangeable, intermediate, and inferior goods.