My favorite source for sorting out what meaning we are attempting to understand as intellectual historians is Skinner, Quentin. 1969. "Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas." I forget the original journal, but the article was recently reprinted in *Meaning and Context: Quentin Skinner and his Critics,* edited by James Tully (Princeton Univ. Press). The issues Michael Gibbons talks about are handled very well there. Ross Ross B. Emmett, Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta CANADA T4V 2R3 voice: (403) 679-1517 fax: (403) 679-1129 e-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]