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Chapter 1 - Toronto, Autumn 1997
* A Drive to the City * An Unfortunate Student *
* The Puzzle of the Human Resource *
* Economics Ascendant * A Submersion of Values *
* Lessons from the Middle Ages *
* Planning Our Journey *
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Chapter 2 - Toronto to Paris
* Portents * A Noseless Man *
* De Montfort's Victims *
* A Long Flight * Our Travel Goals *
* Reproductions and Originals *
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In Paris
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Chapter 3 - Paris: The Cult of Reason
* Encountering Paris *
* Hilary Makes an Impression *
* Subjects and Objects *
* The Hard Rock Café *
* Notre-Dame de Paris *
* Descartes and the Cult of Reason *
* Simon Disagrees * Auguste Comte *
* The Orangerie and the Impressionists *
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Tuileries Gardens, Paris
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Chapter 4 - Paris: Magritte's Puzzle
* How to Travel * The Trouble with Luxury *
* Hilary's Midnight Walk *
* René Magritte and the Paradoxes of Perception *
* Plato and Pre-Scientific Reality *
* Virtual Reality and the Medievals *
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An impromptu roadside lunch
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Chapter 5 - Seeing and Knowing
* A Prairie Mirage * How Primitive People See *
* What the Ancients Saw *
* The Medieval Vision * Transactional Reality *
* Reality and Information *
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Tthe view from the roof of the castle at Loches
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Chapter 6 - Chartres, Vouvray and Loches: The Maid of Orléans
* Versailles * The Lessons of Chartres *
* The Iconoclastic Controversy *
* An Emergency and Its Lesson *
* A Night in a Cave * Loches *
* Barbarism in an Age of Faith *
* St. Joan's Story *
* An Allegory for Change *
* Reality and History *
* The Mystery of Prehistory *
* The Turing Test *
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Breakfast on the terrace at Le Moulin de L'Abbaye, Brantôme
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Chapter 7 - Brantôme, Rocamadour and the Gîte
* Driving South *
* Rocamadour's Miracles *
* A Stay in a Château *
* Our Country Gîte *
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Carcassonne, the walled city
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Chapter 8 - Carcassonne and the Cathars
* Lily Devése's Schoolroom *
* A History Lesson *
* Introducing the Cathars *
* St. Augustine and the Manicheans *
* The "Cathar Industry" *
* Modernism and Catharism *
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The author and Lily Devése, our guide to Carcassonne
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Chapter 9 - Richard and Lily
* Carcassonne and Me *
* Richard Halliburton's Journey *
* The Walls of Carcassonne *
* Lily's Story * Montréal in Wartime *
* Choosing Freedom *
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Cathar Castle Puilaurens, last of the Cathar strongholds
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Chapter 10 - Three Cathar Castles
* The Galamus Gorge * Puilaurens Castle *
* "Everything is Permitted" *
* Cathars and Troubadours-Courtly
Love-Catharism's Appeal *
* The Church's Fears * Literacy and the Self *
* Living in the Material World *
* Mighty Quérebus *
* A Gothic Mystery *
* "Carcassonne in the Sky" *
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The little monument to the martyrs of Montséqur
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Chapter 11 - Montségur and Her Martyrs
* The Albigensian Crusade *
* De Montfort's Tactics *
* The Holy Grail * The Siege *
* The Immolation * The Inquisition Begins *
* A Search for Meaning *
* Repression and Freedom *
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St. Dominic's house in Fanjeaux
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Chapter 12 - Toulouse: Dominic and Aquinas
* Industry Under the Catalpa *
* Specialization Among the Ants *
* Discovering Toulouse *
* St. Sernin * A Warm Rain *
* The Jacobins *
* A Place of Miracles *
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St. Thomas Aquinas' relics at the Jacobins in Toulouse
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Chapter 13 - Toulouse: Aquinas and Galileo
* A Saint's Relics * Dominic's Story *
* Aristotle Returns * Aristotle and Aquinas *
* A Delicate Balance *
* "Doctor Invincibilis" *
* Ockham and Science * Simon's Questions *
* Galileo and the Church *
* Peter Damien's Response *
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Our country gîte near Carcassonne
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Chapter 14 - Science and Reality
* A Trip to the Supermarket *
* Objects and Idols * God and Newton *
* Science and Mathematics *
* Faith, Metaphysics and Science *
* Einstein's World *
* Reflections on Alienation *
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Breakfast at the gîte under the catalpa tree with its ant colony
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Chapter 15 - The Ant and the Grasshopper
* A Visit to the Bakery *
* Some Medieval Towns *
* Highly Social Insects *
* A Fable and Its Moral *
* Ethics and Ants *
* A Warning *
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The Papal palace in Avignon
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Chapter 16 - Progress and Salvation: On to Avignon
* "Wonder People" *
* Hilary and Simon's Adventure *
* Economics and Lust *
* Farewell to the Gîte *
* The Question of Salvation *
* Why? vs. How? * A History of Progress *
* A Visit to the Beach * Pont-Du-Gard *
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The maestro, Georges Blanc
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Chapter 17 - Culture and Cuisine: Georges Blanc
* The Meaning of Ritual *
* The First Restaurants *
* Popular and Erudite Cuisine *
* Discovering Georges Blanc *
* The Blanc Family's Story *
* The Zen of Dining *
* An Audience with the Maestro *
* How to Buy a Motorcycle *
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Ecstacy at George Blanc restaurant
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Chapter 18 - Dijon to Paris
* Seeing and Believing *
* Believing and Seeing *
* A Pit Stop *
* My Letter to Berkowitz *
* The Smoking Car *
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Living like royalty at the Crillon Hotel, Paris
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Chapter 19 - Paris and Perpetual Motion
* The Magnificent Crillon Hotel*
* Progress and Media *
* Paris Through Fresh Eyes *
* Architecture and Objectification *
* Reflections on Museums *
* A Paris of One's Own *
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Saying farewell to Paris at the Madeleine
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Chapter 20 - Paris to Toronto
* An Unpleasant Flight *
* Thoughts on the Dignity of Service *
* Home at Last * A Strange Encounter *
* Breakfast with Berkowitz *
* Watermarks and Cathars *
* Creating Reality * Chris' Erudition *
* Human Values *
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Home at last
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Chapter 21 - Home Alone
* Berkowitz's News *
* Fact and Values *
* A Crude Analogy *
* Faith and Science *
* Simon's Frustration *
* A Final Service *
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