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Adam & Eve

The story of Adam and Eve related in Genesis 3 (entire chapter), tells of two people who live in a world without the presence of evil. Evil exists, however, and it enters into their world to tempt them.

Based on your reading of chapter one of Lovin’s book, how would Aristotle and at least one other school of philosophers from antiquity (Platonists/neoplatonists, Epicureans, and Stoics) compare their ideals to what the Bible describes? Also, in what way is the biblical world as it is described in Genesis 3 superior or inferior to the worlds of Aristotle and the others? Finally, what would you describe as the ethical dilemma in Genesis 3?

See also Romans 5:12 and 1 Timothy 2:14 for more information.