I was thoroughly captivated by the depth of knowledge promised by this book, which was so rivetingly portrayed by the professor. I was filled with excitement at reaching a point in my life where I am ready and eager to learn from wisdom that has stood for 700 years as one of humanity’s pinnacles. By the end of this introduction, my sense of reverie and gratitude for this accumulation and accessibility of human knowledge was so great, that I was yanked out of my state of mind when the first student question was when the first paper was due or something. The professor handled it marvelously, treating it as a reasonable question. It was as if a preacher, full of the Spirit, had finished an hour-long impassioned sermon, and the parishioners first question in response was “what time is the potluck?”