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In re-reading the Introduction to The Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor, the thought strikes that I have perhaps asked as a favor of a friend, a reading list that points to some directions in reading to acquire knowledge of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

"Now it was a Pythagorean teaching that similars are comprehended by similars: so that, in a word, the rational soul could by no means comprehend all things unless it were also composed of all of them…" "But we ought not … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What better place to establish a home base from which to venture out than The Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor – A Medieval Guide to the Arts?  I started this last year, but without all my faculties. I find … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I can’t believe I did this. I just ran out to the barn (my shop) to get Didascalicon because that’s where I left it this evening when I closed. This was the book I peeked into briefly earlier, and the … Continue reading → Continue reading →