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"...a life of unmitigated ratio, where nothing was simply 'seen' and all had to be proved, would presumably be impossible; for nothing can be proved if nothing is self-evident."

...through it, so does he. Did you know that the distinction came from the philosophical thought of the middle ages? I didn't.

"We are enjoying intellectus when we 'just see' a self-evident truth; we are exercising ratio when we proceed step by step to prove a truth which is not self-evident. A cognitive life in which all truth can be simply 'seen' would be the life of an intelligentia, an angel....

I am consistently amazed by how little I know. Today I am left with a feeling of respect for other authors which have somehow managed to imbibe the meaning and beliefs of past ages and then pour them forth into their own work. Take Harry Dresden for a moment, he makes friends with the intellectus of the Island in Lake Michigan. He explains it as a spirit that knows everything about it's little island, and...