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The Influence of Virgil and St. Augustine on Brideshead Revisited | Prof. Patrick Callahan

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The Human Power of Memory and Imagination

Charles Ryder: A dog can use her imagination to recall the sight, the hear, the touch, and especially the taste of bacon. He says this is a distinctly human act that makes it a use of rational powers in understanding the external world. "The speculative intellect has this object, the truth," writes Ryder. It's directed to authentically, it's directed to authenticity and the aspect of truth,. Its narrative understanding is who am I, of what communities and narratives do I belong?"

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