[...]onders
="lsts lst1">•to overwhelm you
="lsts lst1">•to impress the ambassador


for ="ppl">Aristotle, philosophy starts with ="trms">wonder, but you make it disappear as soon as possible (“="trms">wonder='lgc'> = sign of ignorance” of the unlettered and il="trms">literate)

genre of ="trms">natural ="trms">history involving the marvels of insects ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> domesticate the emotion of ="trms">wonder for things we can explain

="large lg2" stl="font-size:110%"> ="ppl">Daston ='lgc'>=/= (early 20th century) morose and elegiac discourse about the disenchantment of the ="trms">world

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pessimism ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= realism
(optimism ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= idealism)

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(to move from) eternal truths ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> eternal archives
(an ="trms">aesthetic='lgc'>:) archival monuments

despite computer's hype and undeniable capacity and flexibility of computerize ="trms">databases, the practices of collecting, inventorying, describing, image-making, collating, and publishing have remaining stable since the monumental projects of 19th century: corpus inscriptionum latinarum, carte du ciel, botanical gar="trms">dens, etc. ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> archival projects

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popular and learned ="trms">interest in ="trms">monsters

(in the 16th century ='and'>& 17th century Baconian ="trms">scientific programm='lgc'>:) treatments of ="trms">nature and ="trms">natural ="trms">history must have in="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">cluded (with ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigorous selection) ="trms">monsters (='lgc'>~ aberrations in the ="trms">natural order='lgc'>: new, rare, and unusual ="trms">nature, both exotic ='and'>& domestic)
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">nature='lgc'>: an ingenious ="trms">craftsman ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">monster='lgc'>: ="trms">nature's most artful work (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> they bridged the ="trms">natural ='and'>& the artificial)
="lsts lst1">•cor="trms">responded to the activities of ="trms">nature ='lgc'>=/= types of subject ="trms">matter, ="trms">methods of investigation
="lsts lst1">•="trms">interest in irregularities (='lgc'>=/= end of 17th century ="trms">interest in ="trms">nature's uniformity and order)
="lsts lst1">•

Lazarus exhibition, the parasitic twin (the italian conjoined twins who toured freak shows in 17th century europe)

="large lg10" stl="font-size:108%"> (="ppl">Daston ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a case study of) the changing ="trms">relationship between popular ='and'>& learned culture

legal status of ="trms">monsters
infanticide in antiquity


earlier tradition of ="trms">interest in ="trms">monster='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">Aristotle ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Albertus Magnus
="lsts lst1">•divine sign ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Cicero, ="ppl">Augustine, Isidore of Sevill
="lsts lst1">•="trms">cosmographical ='and'>& ="trms">anthropologic ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Solinus


="trms">monsters in a context of a whole ="trms">natural ="trms">phenomen (="trms">bestiary)='lgc'>:
earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, celestial apparitions, strange rains (of blood), stones, and miscellanea

(="trms">monsters ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> shift from) signs of God's wrat ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> signs of ="trms">nature's fertility
(by the end of 17th century) ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> comparative anatomy and embryology (teratology)
(from) اعجوبه prodigy ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> examples of medical pathology

='strcls'>*peasant and professional had participated to a significant extent in a shared culture of intellectual and ="trms">religious ="trms">interest='strcls'>* ='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>{
(="trms">literate culture evolved far more rapidly ='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> sharpening of ="trms">social boundaries of)
city dwellers ='lgc'>=/= peasants
="trms"nttrm="disturban">urban ="trms">literate elite ='lgc'>=/= unlettered day laboure
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> for the educated layman='lgc'>: (="trms">religious as="trms">sociations of) ="trms">monsters='lgc'> = another manifestation of popular ignorance and superstition ='lgc'>--fostering='lgc'>='lgc'>--> uncritical ="trms">wonder ='lgc'>=/= sober investigation of ="trms">natural cause


prodigy ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> contrary to ="trms">nature ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> attributable directly to God (divine displeasure)
="prgrph">-the sunne shal suddenly shine againe in the night, and the moone thre times a day. blood shal drop out of the wood, and the stone shal give his voyce ='lgc'>[...='lgc'>] There shalbe a confusion in many places, and the fyre shal oft breake forthe, and the ="trms">wilde ="trms">beastes shal change their places, and menstruous women shal beare ="trms">monstres='lgc'>[...='lgc'>]

="lsts lst1">•="trms">monstrum='lgc'> = prodigium ='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> ="trms">monstrat ='lgc'>[="trms">monstro='lgc'>: i ="trms">wonder ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> i indict ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> i teach, de="trms">monstrate='lgc'>]='lgc'> = god's will
="lsts lst1">•apocalyptic as="trms">sociation ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">world reformation, the overthrow of the wicked ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> vindication of god's elect

(="trms">bestiaries were a lot commentaries)

various bestial parts...

bestial vices and errors (of...)

ephemeral ="trms">literature
displayed and re="trms">cited publicly
characteristically illustrated
appeal through spoken word ='and'>& image to the il="trms">literate


="frds scrmbld">Pierre Boaistuau ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>== Peucer, Lycosthenes, Swiss surgeon Jakob Rueff, ="trms">natura="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list Konrad Gesner, ="frds scrmbld">Pierre Belon='lgc'>]
="trms">histoire tragique
="trms">histoire prodigieuse (="trms">monster ="trms">literature, ="trms">bestiary='qstn'>?)
="lsts lst1">•two-headed woman seen in Bavaria in 1541
="lsts lst1">•three-legged Siamese twins from 1552
="lsts lst1">•calf without forelegs reported in 1556
="lsts lst1">•celebrated ="trms">monster of Cracow
="lsts lst1">•
ghoulish tone, ="trms">religious didacticism, erudite آموزنده, ="trms">monsters as polemical weapons
“="trms">nature's ="trms">wonder='qstn'>?” ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to “discovre the secret judgment and scourge of the ire of God”

The Scripture sayth, before the ende
Of all thinges shall appeare,
God will wounders straunge thinges send,
As some is sene this yeare.
The selye infantes, voyde of shape,
The calues and pygges so straunge,
With other mo of suche mishape,
Declareth this ="trms">worldes chaunge.

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...="trms">monsters began to lose their ="trms">religious resonance
it was unlawful to “delight” in the undesirable
portentous meaning of ="trms">monster

(from) fear ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> delight
(from) prodigy ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">wonder
(from) sermon ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> table-talk
(from) horrible, terrible, effrayable, espouventable ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> strange, ="trms">wonderful, mer="trms">veilleux (marvelous جالب)
(from) final cause ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> proximate cause (physical explanations and the ="trms">natural order)
='lgc'>}='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> ="trms">nature began to assume the role of an autonomous entity with a will (and sense of humour of her own) ='lgc'>='lgc'>~='lgc'>~> ="trms">natural ="trms">wonder



="trms">wonder ="trms">literature (='lgc'>[lavishly illustrated ="trms">bestiary, ="trms">cosmography, ="trms">travel ="trms">literature, geological curiosa, herbal and astrological lore,='lgc'>] of later 16th and 17th century ="ppl">Daston) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> secularization of an ="trms">interest in (="trms">monsters as) prodigies
='lgc'>--part-of='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the great body of common culture
='lgc'>--af="trms">finity='lgc'>='lgc'>--> popular 16th century genre of diverses lefons (selections from famous ="trms">authors)

catalogues of strange instances or hidden properties of ="trms">animals, vegetables and mineral
(middle class culture in elizabethan england)

prodigies denuded of their super="trms">natural aura ='and'>& (="trms">presented) to surprise and entertain the ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reader ='lgc'>=/= to acquaint the ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reader with imminent apocalypse and judgeme

Certaine Secrete ="trms">Wonders of ="trms">Nature

portentous events بد شگون

(cro="trms">codiles) to be granted honorary ="trms">monstrous status by virtue of their rarit

many will ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reade them ='lgc'>[="trms">monsters='lgc'>], heare them and haue profit by them, that otherwise whould neuer haue knowen them. For many (I ="trms">suppose) will buye this ="trms">Booke for the things whereto they are ="trms">affectioned, that neuer coulde or would have bought, or looked on the ="trms">bookes, wherein all they are. -Lupton

common and popular forms of escapist ="trms">literature='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*="trms">travel ="trms">books='strcls'>* and ='strcls'>*chivalric romanc='strcls'>*
(='lgc'>='lgc'>--> don Quixote)
="trms">monstrous races (men with a single giant foot, or huge ears, or their faces on their chests, giants and dwarfs)

medically oriented ="trms">monster ="trms">literature

='lgc'>[="ppl">Daston:='lgc'>] Pare was forced to eliminate a section on lesbianism, with a graphic description of the female genitals, before in="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">cluding Des ="trms">monstres in later editions of his collected work


A Helpe to ="trms">Memorie and Discourse (of ="trms">Wonders, Foreign and Domestic)
='strcls'>*the passages and occurrences of the ="trms">world='strcls'>* ='at'>#="nms">ajayeb
="lsts lst1">•the creatures thereof
="lsts lst1">•the casualties therein

little-known properties of... (wine and water, fish, dogs, cuckolds, hunchbacks and ="trms">monsters)

popular ignorance
solitary efforts of the professional scholar
culture of the educated layman (lawyer, businessman, government official, and their wives and daughters)

="large lg1" stl="font-size:133%"> ='lgc'>[change in sensibility (&-='lgc'>=>='qstn'>? change in ="trms">interpretation)='lgc'>]
beginning of the withdrawal of the educated classes from more popular culture
='at'>@="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Godard">Goda

="trms">monsters (familiar canon of prodigies) became a subject of great ="trms">fashion and not vulgar

(="ppl">Daston tracing how) “in the ="trms">wonder ="trms">literature, then, ="trms">monsters='lgc'>--along with the rest of the canon of prodigies='lgc'>--began to cast off their ="trms">religious as="trms">sociations. this trend was accompanied by a movement to emphasize ="trms">natural causes over super="trms">natural ones.”

Pare re="trms">presented ='lgc'>[the causes of ="trms">monstrous births='lgc'>] an elaboration on the ="trms">natural explanations offered by ="ppl">Aristotle and ="trms">writers in the Aristotelian tradition (too much or too little seed, maternal ="trms">imagination, a narrow womb, a traumatic pregnancy, hereditary disease, bestiality and so on) ='lgc'>+ a new ="trms">causal ="trms">category='lgc'>: artifice (to in="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clude fakes and ="trms">children mutilated by their parents to enhance their take as beggars)

shift in ='strcls'>*="trms">causal thinking='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (expanded the power of) maternal ="trms">imagination covering eventuality ='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> a new way of talking about ="trms">nature
='lgc'>{(from) in the prodigy ="trms">literature ="trms">nature was effectively transparent (a ="trms">veil through which God's purposes could be discerned)='lgc'>}='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">nature gained a new autonomy ( fertility of invention ='lgc'>=/= wrath) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*="trms">nature personified='strcls'>* (the artisan) ='lgc'>[Pare='lgc'>: “chambermaid to our great God"='lgc'>], ="trms">monsters were treated as ="trms">jokes or “sports” (lusus) of a personified ="trms">nature

transcorporeal fields of sensoriality ='lgc'>=/= boundedness of isolated bodies and things

non="trms">anthropocentric ="trms">zoological studies



Bacon's (tripartite division of) ="trms">natural ="trms">history='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. ='strcls'>*="trms">natural='lgc'>: the study of ="trms">nature “in course”, or ="trms">natural ="trms">history
="lstsrd">2. ='strcls'>*preter="trms">natural='lgc'>: the study of ="trms">nature “erring”, or the “="trms">history of marvels” ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a coherent ="trms">category (='lgc'>=/= miscellaneous collection of ="trms">phenomen)
="lstsrd">3. ='strcls'>*artificial='lgc'>: the study of ="trms">nature “wrought, or the ="trms">history of arts

="trms">nature's aberrations for the finest examples of her workmanship

="trms">nature imagery of the ="trms">wonder ="trms">book

renaissance thought ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>{ (antithesis of) art ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">nature ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> art may aid, imitate, modify or surpass ="trms">nature
='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Bacon='lgc'>: art (formal and final causes) should become more ="trms">natural ='and'>& ="trms">nature (="trms">material and efficient causes) should be made more artificial ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">monster='lgc'>: ="trms">nature's artificial work
="lsts lst1">•="trms">nature in extremis ='lgc'>=/= conventional wisdom
="lsts lst1">•="trms">monsters='lgc'>: models for the novelties of art

='lgc'>--Bacon='lgc'>='lgc'>--> enrichment of both speculative and operative ="trms">natural philosophy (='lgc'>=/= ="trms">books of ="trms">fabulous experiments and secrets)

='strcls'>**="trms">wonder ="trms">literature sacrificed accuracy to admiration='strcls'>**

corroboration


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to take echoing abstractions (reason, ="trms">nature, etc.) and try to cash them out in concrete practices
(transformation of) extremely abstract ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> extremely concrete
="prgrph">-why is it so irresistible to reach analogies between the moral and the ="trms">natural orders='qstn'>?
other orders of ="trms">nature ='lgc'>[='strcls'>**every order of ="trms">nature sustains a moral order='strcls'>**='lgc'>]='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. local ="trms">nature (what happens when we scale up)
="lstsrd">2. ="trms">ontological identity card (what makes a squirrels)
="lstsrd">3. universal ="trms">natural laws
aggregation of these forms of orders ='lgc'>]='strcls'>**each provokes a characteristic cognitive passion='strcls'>** ='lgc'>: they involve judgment ='lgc'>+ emotional reaction to its transgressions='lgc'>]='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. disequilibria (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> terror='lgc'>: fear saturated by guilt) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> local ="trms">nature
="lstsrd">2. ="trms">monsters (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">horror) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">specific ="trms">nature
="lstsrd">3. marvels and miracles (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">wonder) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">natural laws

='lgc'>[(a very recently) forceful kind of='lgc'>] argument to anchor moral or political order in a ="trms">natural foundation

='lgc'>--="ppl">Daston='lgc'>='lgc'>--> we are ="trms">species that re="trms">present (='strcls'>**we must model our orders='strcls'>** ='lgc'>: to make visible ='and'>& external) ='lgc'>--='lgc'>{with an appeal to a ="trms">natural analog='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*="trms">nature='lgc'>: the richest source of models of all kind of orders

='lgc'>[!!!today task of artist:='lgc'>] ='strcls'>***to give back humanity its ="trms">childhood='strcls'>*** (that was lost in the age of objectivity) ='at'>@="frds">Sina, ="frds scrmbld">Sarah

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Schutz
="trms">social ="trms">nature of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge
how people grasp the consciousness of others while living within their own streams of consciousness

absent friends='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•his brother whom he has described to me
="lsts lst1">•the professor whose ="trms">books i have ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">read
="lsts lst1">•the postal clerk
="lsts lst1">•the Canadian Parliament
="lsts lst1">•abstract entities like Canada herself
="lsts lst1">•the rules of English grammar
="lsts lst1">•the basic principles of jurisprudence
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>--Schutz='lgc'>='lgc'>--> more one goes into the contemporary ="trms">world, the more anonymous the contemporary inhabitants become

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="trms">wonder
and its marvels

(Paris wall slogan from the student rebellion of 1968 ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) “every view of things that is not strange (bizarre, foreign) is false” ='lgc'>--="ppl">Bynum='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to jolt her ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listeners nad ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readers into encounter with a ="trms">past that is unexpected and strange

="trms">past ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> answer ="trms">questions we haven't asked

="prgrph">-could “="trms">wonder” be the special characteristic of the ="trms">historian='qstn'>?

="trms">wonder ='and'>& marvels ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a medieva="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list's topic

="large lg10" stl="font-size:130%"> ="ppl">Bynum re="trms">present a rearguard action to claim back from early ="trms">modernists the irrational and grotesque and to “re-enchant” (if not the ="trms">world, at least) the ="trms">historical professional

="lstsrd">1180-1320
a great increase in ="trms">stories of marvels, ="trms">monsters, miracles, ghosts
medieval europe awash in ="trms">wonders


='strcls'>*the circumstances under which medieval men and women felt ="trms">wonder='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•="trms">wonder-talk
="lsts lst1">•="trms">wonder-behavior ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=='lgc'>=>='qstn'>? empowering them='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•the ='strcls'>*web of actual ="trms">horror ='and'>& delight='strcls'>* we can decipher in medieval texts (and on in="trms">stagram, telegram, whatsapp) (='lgc'>=/= ='thdf'>the idea of “knowing='lgc'> = appropriating” ='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> knowing is impossible)

medieval theorist ='lgc'>[& my ="trms">bestiary research='lgc'>] ='lgc'>--="ppl">Bynum='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">wonder='lgc'>: (admiratio) cognitive, nonappropriative, perspectival, particular, (not merely a) physiological ="trms">response
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">wonder='lgc'>: recognition of the singularity and significance of the thing encountered

="large lg3" stl="font-size:112%"> ‘thing ='lgc'>=/= knower’ (in a context ='lgc'>+ from a particular point of view) ='lgc'>==t="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigger='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> ="trms">wonder

telegram ="trms">bestiary ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> capacity to be shocked by the singularity of the event (='lgc'>==="frds">Sina='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> search for significance ='lgc'>='lgc'>~/= cause, explanation)


scholarship on (early ="trms">modern age of) ="trms">wonder
="lstsrd">1- enthusiasm for ="trms">wonders='lgc'> = ='strcls'>*expropriative ='and'>& appropriative='strcls'>* (ضبط و سلب) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*orientalism='lgc'>: projection of self or construction of “other” as self ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the rape of the New ="trms">World seems implicit in ="trms">wonder at it
(early ="trms">modern europe) impulse to ='strcls'>*collect ='and'>& explore='strcls'>*='lgc'>:
="lsts lst2">◦collection of narwal horns and jewels, deformed fetuses and human captives (made by rulers, ="trms">missionaries, and ="trms">natura="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list)
="lsts lst2">◦o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigins of museums in the wunderkammer (="trms">wonder cabinet)
="lsts lst2">◦voyages to the New ="trms">World with their attendant goals of ='strcls'>*conquering ='and'>& ="trms">missionizing='strcls'>* (='lgc'>=/= ="nms">Sinbad)
="lsts lst2">◦use of inquisitors and ="trms">questionnaires by government to assemble information for juridical ='strcls'>*processings ='and'>& taxation='strcls'>*
="lsts lst2">◦Columbus's “desire to know the secrets of the ="trms">world” (glossed with) Jode de Acosta's praise of proselytizing curiosity
="lstsrd">2- ="ppl">Aristotle's ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">Metaphysics='lgc'>: “="trms">wonder='lgc'> = ignorance and doubt” ='lgc'>{ desire to seek causes (it did not understand) ='lgc'>==arose='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> ="trms">wonder (admiratio) ='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> replacement by knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge (="trms">scientia or philosophia) ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> miracula (marvel='lgc'>: ="trms">natural effects we fail to understand) ='lgc'>=/= mirabilia (unusual and difficult events ='lgc'>[produced by God='lgc'>])
="lstsrd">3- ="ppl">Descartes’ ="trms">wonder='lgc'>: (first of all passions) a sudden surprise of the soul ='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> tend to consider attentively those objects (which seem to it rare and extraordinary)
="lsts lst2">◦='strcls'>*begining of the tendency to reduce emotion to physiology='strcls'>*
="lsts lst2">◦Charles Le Brun's drawings of the passions
="lsts lst2">◦="ppl">Darwin's ="trms">wonder='lgc'>: a reaction ='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> making the ="trms">animal see and breathe better in crisis ='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> increased its chances of survival (...raised eyebrows, opened and protruding lips, a hand held up, palm out with fingers open)
="lsts lst2">◦early ="trms">modern physiology ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">wonder='lgc'>: (='lgc'>~ startled ="trms">response,) paradigmatic emotion
="lstsrd">4- (the horrible) philosophical understanding of ="trms">wonder='lgc'>: ignorance rationalized or erased by knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge
a ="trms">wondering desire that collects and appropriates what it endeavors to know or project its self ="trms">onto an ="trms">imagined other ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a passion that reduces to a startle ="trms">response at the unfamiliar

='lgc'>}='lgc'>=/= ="trms">historian (and teacher ='lgc'>[and performance-="trms">lecturer='lgc'>]) vacation (or ="trms">responsibility) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (we must aspire to) ="trms">imagine the kind of nonappropriative perspectival ='strcls'>*intensely cognitive='strcls'>* ="trms">response

="large lg4" stl="font-size:111%"> middle ages (how they characterize their ="trms">difference='lgc'>:)
="lstsrd">1. theological-philosophical understanding of ="trms">wonder ='lgc'><='lgc'>== university intellectuals ='lgc'>{
="lsts lst2">◦admiratio ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">scientia ='lgc'>=='lgc'>=> knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge
="lsts lst2">◦admiratio ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= diversitas (diversity) ='lgc'>=/= solitum (the usual, the general)
="lstsrd">2. ="trms">religious discourse about ="trms">wonder ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- sermons, hagiography, devotional ="trms">writing, enormously popular genre of ='strcls'>*saint's lives='strcls'>* (tazkirat تذکره نویسی) ='lgc'>{
="lsts lst2">◦admiratio ='lgc'>=/= imitatio (imitation جعلى) ='lgc'>[the ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readers were urged to ="trms">wonder at and not immitate the power and extravagant asceticism of holy men and women (in ="ppl">Attar='qstn'>?)='lgc'>]
="lsts lst3">◾admiratio ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= paradox (coincidence of op="trms">posites) ='lgc'>[one finds mira (wondrous) again and again in the texts alongside mixta (mixed, com="trms">posite things, ="trms">chimera)='lgc'>]
="lsts lst2">◦admiratio ='lgc'>='lgc'>~/= curiositas (curiosity کنجکاوی)
="lsts lst2">◦admiratio ='lgc'>='lgc'>~/= disputat[...]