When questioned about the true nature of the human race, the vast majority assume “survival” rather than “good.” What this hypothesis leads to is a climate study in which the human race is actually as “good” as people would like to think. Indeed, the only thing that has allowed our race to survive is praying for the weakest, so are we morally “evil” by allowing our nature to dominate over us? If so, is this nature truly evil? Many philosophers have studied epistemology which is “a study of knowledge and justified belief” (Steup). And ontology which is a study focused on the question of being. Both of these branches of philosophy have influential figures in issues of evil and human nature such as Kant, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Socrates, Aristotle, Leibniz, Thomas, St. Kubarych and Spinoza among other great minds. The first and perhaps most important question to answer is whether Evil exists. Theories like that of St. Augustine provide the most logical perspective on the nature of evil and how it manifests itself. Nietche also approaches the same question in a similar way, although his theory differs considerably from that of St. Augustine. Augustine begins by stating that everything in nature is good because the “Creator of all things is supremely good.” Therefore evil is neither created nor destroyed, it is in fact a "diminished and increased" good (Augustine). His theory is presented in a way that allows the most ignorant minds to understand the evolution of good into evil. We say that a greater good is “an entity that cannot be corrupted,” while a lesser good is “an entity that can be corrupted” (Augustine). Therefore there can be no evil without good, and if an entity is corrupt as a whole it ceases to exist because it cannot be corrupted without de...... middle of paper ......es them. Works Cited Agostino, Santo. (1955) Enchiridion: On Faith, Hope, and Love. Retrieved online December 12, 2013, from http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/modules/Philosophers/Augustine/augustine_evil.htmlJohnson, Robert, “Kant's Moral Philosophy,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2013 Edition), Edward N .Zalta (ed.), Forthcoming URL = .Leiter, Brian, “Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2013 edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Steup, Matthias, “Epistemology,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2013 edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL forthcoming = .