Such a reader must certainly practice cogitatio, must cogitate on the text, that is, intellectually discern its meaning as best he or she can. But this is not enough, because, to return to a point we emphasized earlier, such reading is purely reconstructive and therefore nonresponsive. The genuine student will move on from cogitatio to meditatio, meditation, which for Hugh means “incorporating” the text—if the text is truly worthy, which the serious reader will discern—into the reader’s own experience.
