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The Medieval Church · c. 1085–1090
On the Fall of the Devil
Anselm of Canterbury · 1033–1109
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What it is
How a creature made good and made free could choose evil, when evil is nothing and God gave no evil will to choose with.
Why it lasted
One of the most rigorous treatments of freedom and evil in medieval philosophy, and the completion of Anselm's three early dialogues.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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