Jake Grefenstette

What Barfield Thought

Philosophy

“Loftin and Leyf have succeeded in writing precisely the introduction I wish had existed when I began my own studies of Barfield’s thought. This will be a helpful text for newcomers as well as veteran Barfieldians still struggling with difficult distinctions between alpha- and beta-thinking or original and final participation. Interest in Barfield has surged over the past decade, and this timely volume represents one of the best attempts to stand (as Barfield says of Coleridge) ‘inside’ his thought rather than ‘beside’ it.”