Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 3
5. Poetry and Meaninglessness 22
6. Simplicity and the Experience of Meaning 59
7. Plato and Gestalt, or Why There Is No Theory of Forms 75
8. “Show, Don't Tell” 96
9. Music 109
10. The Inscape of Being 147
11. Appendix 175
12. Notes 185
13. References 211
14. Acknowledgments 225
15. Figures and Illustrations 229
16. Index 231