Ah, that’s a great idea, Donna! 🙂 If it would work, I’d fork over some money to buy the books myself. lol. But, yes, I know I still have room for improvement myself also.

The sociality of reason is Jacob’s work. He has a nice section on it in the book. And strangely enough, another book I’m reading right now goes right along with that: “The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone” by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach. It seems to be a theme gaining in popularity at the moment, at least on this side of the pond.

I don’t know what’s happening with the comment section. 🙁 I’ve had three incidents now of that happening (that I know about). Wish I knew what was causing it and how to fix it…..

Yes, it does come back to humility, the root virtue of everything. I think humility should be my One Word choice every year, underneath anything else I choose. It truly is the heart of Jesus and thus where our hearts should also be. I’m not there either….

I admire you for working on #4, Horace. Being quiet isn’t always easy, especially when we have a lot of things that we want to say. 🙂 But yes, getting older has taught me too that it’s not about winning the debate, but loving the soul. Jesus is definitely the example for that. When I think about his quietness in front of Pilate and accusers, I am always floored.
Merry Christmas to you and yours too!

Ha. I’m not sure I qualify for those adjectives, Alice. But thank you nonetheless. 🙂 I do run across some interesting books here and there, and thankfully my library often has copies. I’m always trying to up my game, too, and books are a great resource to do that.

Sounds like a good book – I have put it on my Christmas list. I like the six points you pick out. I also like point 10 – beware metaphors that do too much work. Is that your point or Jacobs’ about the “sociality of reason”? I completely agree with that. Jacobs seems an interesting character: e.g., he’s done a biography of The Book of Common Prayer.

David

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I’m not there, but I’m a whole lot better than I used to be.