Direct divine causation of catastrophic natural evil would require God to intend privation, which contradicts the Anselmian conception of God as that than which nothing greater can be conceived.

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Anselmian(describes the ontological argument and its tradition): Relating to or following the ideas and arguments of the philosopher Anselm.
Divine causation(as used in theology and philosophy of religion): The idea that God is the direct cause or reason why something happens in the world, rather than things happening through natural processes or human choice.
Privation(Fârâbî uses privation to link deficiency to potentiality: to be deprived of F entails the potentiality to be F.): The absence or lack of a property or perfection that a being is of the kind to possess.
That than which nothing greater can be conceived(Anselmian formulation referenced in the passage): A conception of a being whose correct characterization must include existence, since existence is a greatness-contributing predicate.

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