The saying that philosophy bakes no bread may indeed hold true for the chemists who invented Wonderbread but for those of us who derive nourishment from this strange thing called philosophy, the saying rings as hollow as a Petri dish. The cover art on Read's excellent book offers us a slice of toasted bread, as if to say, philosophy is the bread that our age requires. Of course, this bread must be fresh and new like the manna that fell from heaven if it is to break open the impossible.