This book examines Proclus' doctrine of evil in light of the tradition of exegesis of Plato's treatment of evil within the schools of ancient Platonism, from Middle Platonism to early Neoplatonism.

John Phillips, Ph.D. (1980) in Classics, University of Wisconsin, is Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His publications on Neoplatonism and the history of Platonism have appeared in Phronesis, Classical Quarterly, and Journal of the History of Philosophy.