Root of all evil or Root of evil may refer to:
Music
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''The Root of All Evil'' (album), a 2009 album by Swedish death metal band Arch Enemy
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''The Root of All Evil'' (EP), Japanese work by all-female tribute band Iron Maidens
* "The Root of All Evil", part of the
Twelve-step Suite
The Twelve-step Suite (also known as the Twelve-step Saga or Alcoholics Anonymous Suite) is a set of five songs by American progressive metal and rock band Dream Theater. One song was featured on each Dream Theater studio album from ''Six Degr ...
and the first track of the album ''
Octavarium
''Octavarium'' is the eighth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Released on June 7, 2005, it was the band's final release with Atlantic Records. Recorded between September 2004 and February 2005, it was the last albu ...
'', by Dream Theater
* "The Root of All Evil", a song by
The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group The Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members throughout the band's exi ...
* "The Root of All Evil", a song by Snoop Doggy Dogg from ''
Death Row: The Lost Sessions Vol. 1''
* "Root of All Evil", a song by
The Underachievers
The Underachievers are an American hip hop duo from Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 2011, the duo is composed of rappers AKTHESAVIOR and Issa Gold. American record producer Flying Lotus signed the duo to his Brainfeeder record label ...
from their debut mixtape ''Indigoism''
* "Money Is the Root of All Evil", a 1940s song by Whitney and Kramer, featured in the film ''
High Time''
Film, television and radio
* ''
Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia'', a 2019 podcast about an unsolved murder
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''The Root of Evil'' (film), 1912 silent short film directed by
D. W. Griffith
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''The Root of All Evil'' (1947 film), British drama starring Phyllis Calvert and Michael Rennie
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''The Root of All Evil?'' (1968 TV series), British anthology TV series
* ''
The Root of All Evil?
''The Root of All Evil?'', later retitled ''The God Delusion'', is a television documentary written and presented by Richard Dawkins in which he argues that humanity would be better off without religion or belief in God.
The documentary was ...
'', a 2006 UK television documentary, retitled ''The God Delusion'' discussing religious faith and starring
Richard Dawkins
* ''
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
Lewis may refer to:
Names
* Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Music
* Lewis (musician), Canadian singer
* " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohea ...
'', a television series aired on Comedy Central featuring comedian
Lewis Black
Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion, or any other cultural trends.
He hosted the Comedy Central series '' Lewi ...
* ''The Root of All Evil Radio Show'', a radio show broadcast from
KFAI
KFAI (90.3 FM Minneapolis) is a community radio station in Minnesota. The station broadcasts a wide variety of music, and also airs programming catering to many of the diverse ethnic groups of the region. KFAI has frequently been honored by lo ...
in Minneapolis, US, hosted by Earl Root
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''Born Rich'' (TV series), 2009 Hong Kong television drama known as ''Root of Evil'' in the original Cantonese
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"Roots of Evil" (''Voltron Force''), a 2012 episode
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"The Root of Evil" (''Amphibia''), an episode of ''Amphibia''
Other
* ''
The Root of Evil'', 1911 novel by
Thomas Dixon, Jr.
* "The Root of All Evil", a short story by
Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...
* ''The Root of All Evil'', a ''
User Friendly
Usability can be described as the capacity of a system to provide a condition for its users to perform the tasks safely, effectively, and efficiently while enjoying the experience. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a soft ...
'' webcomic compilation book alluding to the Unix concept of the root user
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''Roots of Evil'' (Ravenloft), 1993 video game released as part of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' game
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''The Root of All Evil'' (''D&D'' Adventure), video game released as part of ''Dungeons & Dragons''
* ''
Death Jr. II: Root of Evil'', 2008 action-adventure game for
PlayStation Portable, the sequel to ''
Death Jr.
''Death Jr.'' is a 2005 video game for the PlayStation Portable. The PSP iteration was the first PSP game shown publicly and advertised as a killer-app. It was released to a mixed reception and noted for numerous problems about the camera, gamepl ...
''
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Good and evil, philosophical concept often involving the "root of all evil"
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Love of money - Christian biblical concept; according to
1 Timothy 6:10 ''"For the love of money is the root of all of evil"''
* ''
Radix malorum est cupiditas
or is a Biblical quotation in Latin that literally means "the root of evil is Greed (deadly sin), greed", or "the root of evil is want".
This Latin phrase is a translation of the original Greek manuscripts of the Bible. The Greek text reads "á ...
'', a Biblical quotation in Latin that literally means "the root of evil is greed", or "the root of evil is want"
See also
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Route of All Evil (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation
New Testament words and phrases