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Mann, William E., 1940-. God, belief, and perplexity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 257pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black hardcover, but top foredge lightly soiled. This volume is a collection of fourteen of William E. Mann's essays in the philosophical interpretation of the writings of Augustine, Anselm, and Peter Abelard. Directly or indirectly, Augustine sets the agenda for all of these essays. - CONTENTS: Augustine -- The philosopher in the crib -- The theft of the pears -- Pride and preference: a reply to MacDonald -- The life of the mind in dramas and dreams -- Augustine on evil and original sin -- Inner-life ethics -- To catch a heretic: Augustine on lying -- Perplexity and mystery -- Abelard -- Abelard's ethics: the inside story -- Anselm -- Definite descriptions and the ontological argument -- The ontological presuppositions of the ontological argument -- The perfect island -- Locating the lost island -- Anselm on the trinity. ISBN 9780190459208.