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    What seems to be evil in the world of Appearance is, for ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The hypothesis of a timeless and harmonious Reality provides no consolation for present pains and cannot serve as a basis for practical or moral comfort.

    What seems to be evil in the world of Appearance is, for all practical purposes, genuinely evil, since the world of Appearance is the real world for any purposes that are not purely intellectual.

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    Appearance vs. Reality(the core problem being discussed — can we trust what seems to be there?)
    A basic philosophical question about whether what we perceive through our senses (appearance) actually matches what's really there (reality).
    For all practical purposes(as used in philosophy of knowledge)
    In a way that works and matters for everyday life and decision-making, even if it might not be perfectly true in some abstract or theoretical sense.

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    Purely intellectual(as used in epistemology)
    Knowledge or understanding that comes only from abstract thinking or theory, separate from practical experience or real-world application.
    world of Appearance(Russell's term in 'Seems, Madam? Nay, It Is' for the experiential world, contrasted with the Absolute Idealist's timeless Reality.)
    The world of daily life as experienced temporally, which proceeds independently of the alleged timeless Reality and constitutes the real world for all non-purely-intellectual purposes.

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    At first Russell was an adherent of McTaggart. This afforded him a neat solution to Sidgwick’s problem. The happy day when the harmony becomes explicit can be promoted or retarded by human action. If I benefit myself at your expense not only am I doing down a self with whom I am, in Reality, intimately linked—I am putting off the day when the harmony that Really Is becomes apparent. And since this harmony will be supremely pleasurable I am harming myself into the bargain. Hence morality and self

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