This essay is a précis (for which I take full responsibility) of Chapters One and Two of Leslie
Dewart’s seminal book consisting of Nine Chapters. The perspective he presented here, to my
mind, sets a fresh intellectual trajectory for philosophical contemplation. Written towards the
end of the 20th century the book is not an easy read, but since it introduces an alternative and
refreshing philosophical interpretation, I offer this précis in the hope that it may inspire readers
to read the entire book in the context of the 21st Century experience. His “single mosaic” is not
the unified intellectual fruit of classical Western philosophy, but rather is an insightful
statement of the alternatives (described in the epilogue of the book) consciously available to
the human species of the future
