Gordon E. Michalson Jr. is Professor of Humanities at New College of the University of South Florida. His previous books include "Fallen Freedom: Kant on Radical Evil and Moral Regeneration" (1990), "Lessing's 'Ugly Ditch': A Study of Theology and History" (1985), and "The Historical Dimensions of a Rational Faith: the Role of History in Kant's Religious Thought" (1977).