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Acknowledgments
I am grateful to so many people whose support and encouragement made it possible for me to accomplish this book. The staff personnel at the Philosophy Department and Graduate School at Vanderbilt University confirmed their deserved reputation for expertise and professional service. My colleagues in the Philosophy Department offered invaluable constructive criticism that helped to strengthen the book.
Time will not permit me, given the finite duration of my life, to adequately thank John Lachs for his patient guidance and friendship. I can state without hyperbole that without his wise and loving advice and counsel, this project would not have been undertaken, much less completed. John immediately and enthusiastically supported the philosophical value of my enterprise, and encouraged me to pursue my passion for the subject. I always left John’s company, and that of his beautiful wife, Shirley, feeling cared for and appreciated.