Abstract
This chapter presents a detailed account of what used to be a well-known philosophical and theological dispute on the question of the nature and origin of evil which took place in Florence in June 1489. It presents a specific historical moment in its development which, although relatively unknown, presents us with some important shifts in the understanding of this notion in a period which is essential to the early modern era. The Platonic account of evil as pure privation and nothingness is echoed by a Thomist thinker who, during a philosophical dispute with a Scotist thinker, is shifting his view towards a notion of evil which is subjected to human experience (either linguistic or socially constructed), while still trying to keep a dichotomic separation between God, the absolute good, and evil.Keywords: Florence; notion of evil; philosophical dispute; Platonic account; theological dispute
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