Surrender
 When I’m working on a book I don’t usually read fiction. For one, it’s a distraction. I usually read fiction analytically: how did he or she do it? Sentence...
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Lonergan on Dialectic
Lonergan on Dialectic: “THE DIALECT OF COMMUNITY The name, dialectic, has been employed in a variety of meanings. In Plato, it denoted the art of philosophic...
Read MoreThe Temple of Glas
 From: The Temple of Glas By John Lydgate 1370-1451 For thought, constraint, and grievous hevines, For pensifhede, and for heigh distress, To bed I went now this...
Read MoreA Luxury of Primes
A Luxury of Primes: Jack Gilbert  Why is Jack Gilbert’s book Monolithos only available used, starting at the royal price of $75.00?  Because it is out of print...
Read MoreInsight/Oversight
Insight/Oversight From the Preface to Bernard Lonergan’s Insight Thus, insight into insight brings to light the cumulative process of progress. For concrete...
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