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 and the first track of the album ''
Octavarium'', 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 Kingston upon Hull, Hull group the Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members stayin ...
* "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 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
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The Root of All Evil?'', a 2006 UK television documentary, retitled ''The God Delusion'' discussing religious faith and starring Richard Dawkins
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Lewis Black's Root of All Evil'', a television series aired on Comedy Central featuring comedian Lewis Black
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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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"The Root of Evil" (''Amphibia''), an episode of ''Amphibia''
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"The Root of All Evil" (''Drop the Dead Donkey)'', a TV comedy episode
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 novelists of the 20th century.
Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a re ...
* ''The Root of All Evil'', a ''
User Friendly
''User Friendly'' was a webcomic written by J. D. Frazer, also known by his pen name Illiad. Starting in 1997, the strip was one of the earliest webcomics to make its creator a living. The comic is set in a fictional internet service provider a ...
'' 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''
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Death Jr. II: Root of Evil'', 2008 action-adventure game for PlayStation Portable
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Good and evil
In philosophy, religion, and psychology, "good and evil" is a common dichotomy. In religions with Manichaeism, Manichaean and Abrahamic influence, evil is perceived as the dualistic cosmology, dualistic antagonistic opposite of good, in which ...
, 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"
See also
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Route of All Evil (disambiguation)
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