okay, erin, we finally decided to give you access to the inside scoop on philosophers. here's what all the doctoral students and profs use: "Squashed Philosophers: Condensed and abridged to keep the substance, the style and the quotes, but ditching all that irritating verbiage." http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/ yrs, andreas www.andreas.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html