Product Description: "Dialogues of Maximus and Themistius" is the first English translation of Pierre Bayle s last book, "Entretiens de Maxime et de Themiste," published posthumously in 1707. The two parts of the "Dialogues" offer Bayle s final responses to Jean Le Clerc and Isaac Jaquelot, who had accused Bayle of supporting atheism through his writings on the problem of evil...read more

Product Description: Proclus' On the Existence of Evils is not a commentary, but helps to compensate for the dearth of Neoplatonist ethical commentaries. The central question addressed in the work is: how can there be evil in a providential world? Neoplatonists agree that it cannot be caused by higher and worthier beings...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This text supplies a full English translation of Schleiermacher's earliest extant essay, "On the Highest Good". The translation includes most of the footnotes provided by the Kritische Gesamtausgabe, and adds others to show the relation between Schleiermacher's discussion and other philosophical works...read more