The Emergence Machine

Evil

abstract · philosophy · Level 4 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

evil emerges from good. It requires behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “evil” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “evil”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
κακόν (kakon)
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0EvilGoodValueChangeQualityQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesDevilL12EvilL4QualityL1GoodL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Quality L1 (requires)
    quality is a prerequisite for understanding evil.
  • Good L3 (conceptual)
    Evil defined in contrast to good

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