I knocked off the Physics just before spring break. I enjoyed it far more than last year and understood it far better, though I only grasp a minority of his arguments. Surely it is a book that will grow with my intellect, which is not yet strong enough to comprehend it fully. I also finished On the Soul, which, in two guerilla seminars, absolutely floored me. The concept of soul and mind have never been so expertly treated. The tripartate Aristotelian soul came alive for me, and I've loved every second of it. I'm now tackling his Metaphysics, which is absolutely delicious. To be honest, I'm still not understanding all his arguments, so like the prequel, it will have to be read and reread as I strengthen my intellect. I wish to finish it soon, and begin the Nicomachean Ethics and finally the Politics, both of which are easier than his theoretical works.
However, my time has not been solely Aristotle. I have reread the Prydain series series by Lloyd Alexander and Orthodoxy by Chesterton, and even a new DragonLance book by Weis and Hickman. I picked up Pride and Prejudice again, but quickly set it down. How it got onto the Program is beyond me, but I will never venture that view outside this blog - I haven't finished it yet and most of the girls would probably tear me to shreds were I to pose such a...controversial view. But pose it I must. She's nice, and Flannery O'Conner is okay, but compare them to Plato? Forget it! Are they even worthy to be studied alongside the ancients? I wonder.
At any rate, I continue to plug away at the Metaphysics and I will try to finish Dune.
