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“The work of reading (or hearing, for that matter) demands, in addition to, the activation or anesthetizing of cultural encyclopedic knowledge, which permits that which is deciphered or heard to become a meaningful whole.” Texts have an intention (intentio operis) and a good reader will seek to understand this.” (page 23)

Good book. Still in the Shire.

So far it’s been an interesting read. At the moment, the challenge has been keeping names straight. This one will likely take me a while to read, but my goal is to have it done by the end of August.

“What if man really isn’t a scoundrel, man in general, that is, the race, I mean the whole human race? Then the rest is—prejudice? Empty fear? And there are no barriers, and everything is as it should be!”

Restarted this book today! Remembered why I started reading it, strong intro. Excited to get back into it.

Recently I’ve been confronted with my unwillingness to finish a book, (as shown with my sporadic books in progress), as well as a lack of stories that stimulate my imagination. Hear me out, I have truly gotten lost in immersive theology, and several autobiographies, but I needed a book that wasn’t based on reality itself- and picked this off my shelf last night! Thus far, I’ve really enjoyed it!