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.