Thanks to Dave for picking this up again I understand Sensei48 s concerns expressed above about the summary sounding too reverential but these shortcomings can be overcome MLKLewis is going in the right direction there Regarding the line Erhard began to ponder the perennial issues of life and to embark on a program of enquiry and self education a more pedestrian version would be Erhard felt a need to understand the meaning of life and read voraciously we could say a little more about what he was reading and should mention the Intersections in which Bartley presents Erhard s philosophical background Lastly if we mention that his brother and sister became est trainers we should mention that his first wife too took an office job with est p 243