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“The great writings interact with one another. They cannot be read in isolation..”
“The main danger is that of supposing that the thing to do is get a mind on the scale of Thomas (Aquinas)s into your head, a task of compression that will be achieved only at your heads peril. The o...”
“It is commonly said to my little friend Legion: Read the great writers for style. But I say to him: Read the great dead masters for ideas. Devour them, Fletcherize them, digest, assimilate, make th...”
