Is the Devil purely Evil?

Is the Devil purely Evil?

According to the Greek philosopher Leibniz, the Devil is a spirit “who always wants evil, but always creates the good.” This world of ours is not simply a world of opposites. There isn’t simply light and shade, heat and cold, good and evil, or God and the Devil. Our world is a vicious string of duality, where nothing can be distinctly characterized as one or the other.
By looking at writings from different religions, Adelbert von Chamisso, and other philosophers, it will be shown that Leibniz’s picture of the devil isn’t so simple. Although the main goal of the devil is purely evil, most of the time, pure good develops from his actions.
Satan, Shaitan, the Devil by any other name it is still the same. What the devil encompasses is supposedly the true embodiment of evil. But what is evil? Hate, Pride, Greed, Lust, all of these things make up what is generally part of being human. The belief in evil spirits led naturally to the acc...