Mortimer J. Adler
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| Original Title: | How to Read a Book: The Art of Getting a Liberal Education |
| Edition Language: | English |
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How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them – from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.
Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed. This a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780671212094
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| Title | : | How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading |
| Author | : | Mortimer J. Adler |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Completely Revised and Updated |
| Pages | : | Pages: 426 pages |
| Published | : | August 15th 1972 by Simon & Schuster, Inc (first published 1940) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Education. Self Help. Writing. Books About Books. Language. Reference. Philosophy |
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I read this in 2003. Most of it was concerned with the various levels of reading - from skimming to syntopical - and the various methods and processes involved in reading at each of those levels. There was also a lengthy section on ways to approach the reading of different genres. While I found all of this interesting, I felt it was ultimately impractical for me because focusing on the method by which I read would distract from the enjoyment reading has always afforded me. I'm sure I'veThis is a book for readers and for those who wish to become readers.so writes Mortimer Adler in his first sentence.3 ½I stopped reading this book over MD (that's 1500) days ago. Hope no one was waiting for the review. Not likely, I know.Mortimer Adler (1902-2001) published this book in the early days of 1940. Before the U.S. had entered WW II. I guess at that point Americans were still concerned about how they should be reading books. (Adler, working at the University of Chicago, was one of the
How do you read a book?Look at the cover, probably glance at the blurb; run your eye down the table of contents, perhaps; possibly rifle through the book... then plunge right in into Chapter One.Right?Wrong! According to Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren, the authors of How to Read a Book.According to them, this is only the first level of reading, called Elementary reading: and this is the only level the majority of readers in this world have reached. They posit three more levels:
The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks. I had a lot of fun holding this book upside-down on the subway with a puzzled look on my face. For much of his remarkably long life, Mortimer Adler was the leading proponent of the Great Books paradigm of education. Under his leadership, the Encyclopedia Britannica published the 54-volume Great Books of the Western World (1952) as well as the Gateway to the Great Books (1963)which,
Tedious,turgid, and torturous--Thank God I've gained a few insights from this: the usefulness of inspectional reading and how to read poetry (which consists of reading it as fast as you can and rereading it aloud). Some thoughts on syntopical reading are somewhat interesting for anyone writing dissertations and theses, but not really for the average reader without a Ph.D. to pursue.I thank God for the insights because otherwise I would've wasted all my time. I found 90% of the information simply
In junior high & high school I made it my job to avoid reading altogether, just like politicians who avoid hard questions. When I was twenty I hadn't read a book since I was in fourth grade, was only partially literate, & was a high school drop out with no intentions of ever cracking another book or attending another school....then I became a Christian. Jesus not only transformed my desires, habits, and life's direction; he radically transformed two things: my desire to learn and my
How do you read a book?Look at the cover, probably glance at the blurb; run your eye down the table of contents, perhaps; possibly rifle through the book... then plunge right in into Chapter One.Right?Wrong! According to Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren, the authors of How to Read a Book.According to them, this is only the first level of reading, called Elementary reading: and this is the only level the majority of readers in this world have reached. They posit three more levels:
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