In Quest of the Ordinary
Subtitle: Lines of Skepticism and Romanticism
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Published: February 1989
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780226098173
First sentence: WHEN IN ACCEPTING THE INVITATION to deliver a set of Beckman Lectures I asked what expectations are placed on such occasions, and I was assured by my hosts that they would be interested in whatever I wanted to talk about, I wasn't certain whether I was being answered or humored.