How it works
Three ways to find the line.
However you came to the question, the tool points you to passages and tells you where they live. It does not explain them. That part is yours.
Guided search
Ask, answer a question or two, then read the sign-posts
Type the question the way you would put it to a colleague. “Where does Augustine worry that he loved stealing for its own sake?” If the question is broad, the tool asks a clarifying question or two before it looks, so the passages it points to are the ones you meant.
What comes back is a short list of sign-posts: the passage, the book and place, and the translation it came from. No summary sits on top of it. You read the lines and decide what matters.
Instant search
Type, and matching passages appear
Sometimes you just need the line you half-remember. Start typing and matching passages appear immediately, fast enough to use while you plan or with the book open on your desk. No clarifying step, no commentary. Just the text.
Single-text deep dive
Stay inside one book and read closely
When the discussion is about one work, narrow to it. Search only within the text in front of you, follow a thread through a single book, and surface the passages that speak to your question without the rest of the reading list in the way.
What it does, and what it does not
It does
- Point you to passages worth a second look.
- Tell you the book, the place, and the translation.
- Search across this year's reading and earlier years.
- Move fast enough to use mid-planning.
It does not
- Explain the text or answer your discussion questions.
- Summarize, paraphrase, or offer a “take.”
- Write lesson plans or stand in for reading the book.
- Pretend a line in our corpus is the line on every page.
The same passage reads differently across translations, and page numbers vary by edition. Treat what you find here as a sign-post back to the book on your shelf, then read it there.
Try it with your current book.
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