A fierce little tragedy Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	A Philosophical Lenocinium	1
2	Let Your Reason Serve To Make Truth Appear	7
3	I Like To Listen To The Way You Speak	13
4	Virtuously Vulnerable	21
5	Was It Platonic?	29
6	Tit-A-Tit	33
7	Under The Egoism Beneath The Skin	39
8	Form Precedes Content, And Lingers	45
9	Philosophical Laughter	49
10	Fine Hands And The Futures Market	57
11	Masses Masticating At The Movies	59
12	When The Giver Proves Unkind	65
13	Poor Geppetto, Alone In The Ghetto	71
14	Never Again Pretend To Understand	77
15	Look Homeward, Angel	83
16	Psychoanalyzing The Stuffing Out	91
17	The Zhivago Of Chicago	101
18	Amazing Grace?	107
	Epilogue	115
	Works Cited	127
	About The Author	129
	Index	131