gs when he gives his comments to Horatio regarding evil, i.e., the impact of even one stamp of defect, in an otherwise virtuous human:
That, for some vicious mole of nature in them,
As in their birth,--wherein they are not guilty,
Since nature cannot choose his origin,--
By the oÆergrowth of some complexion,
Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason;
Or by some habit, that too much oÆer-leavens
The form of manners;--that these men,--
Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,
Being natureÆs livery or fortuneÆs star,--
Their virtues else,--be they as pure as grace,
Shall in the general censure take corruption
From that particular fault: the dram of eale
Doth all the noble substance of a doubt
The above description of evil in human beings looks at the problem of evil from three different scenarios. The first form of evil is ascribed to nature, a vicious mole that is inherent in a being, one for which, like thei
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