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Belicheater?

I doubt many people today recognize the name Charles Van Doren. Charles Van Doren started out like anyone else, just a regular guy. Eventually though, he would grow to be seen as a genius, a man who… more »

Life Out Of The Bubble

Belicheater? — 18 comments

andygraham wrote 2 months ago: I doubt many people today recognize the name Charles Van Doren. Charles Van Doren started out like … more »

Tags: Bill Belichick, Cheating, Football, Gregg Easterbrook, Matt Walsh, New England Patriots, News, NFL, Roger Goodell

Mortimer J. Alder and Charles Van Doren

climach wrote 1 year ago: I don’t include much trivia on the lives of authors reviewed on this site for one reason: I don’ … more »

Tags: 19. just say it, alder, 20. the way things work, Van Doren, Brown, Johnson, Books, How to Read a Book, mortimer j. alder

Testing your understanding of an author's words — 1 comment

Roger Costello wrote 4 months ago: There is one other test of whether you understand the proposition in a sentence you have read.  Can … more »

Tags: Mortimer J. Adler, Word, How to Read a Book, Author, Understanding, Sentences, Proposition

Read a book to receive knowledge, not just words — 2 comments

Roger Costello wrote 5 months ago: Here’s a test to see if you understood something that you read: “State it in your own wo … more »

Tags: Mortimer J. Adler, knowledge, book, How to Read a Book, Author

Neil T. Anderson

climach wrote 5 months ago: “Have you read Neil T. Anderson?” “You’ve got to read Neil T. Anderson!” “I … more »

Tags: Anderson, alder, Van Doren, Books, neil anderson, neil t. anderson, victory over the darkness, the bondage braker, mortimer alder

Master a Book and Become a Peer of the Author

Roger Costello wrote 7 months ago: A good book deserves an active reading.  The activity of reading does not stop with the work of und … more »

Tags: Mortimer J. Adler, book, peer, Peer Relationship, How to Read a Book, active reading

It may be seriously questioned whether the advent of modern communications media has much enhanced our understanding of the world in which we live — 1 comment

Roger Costello wrote 8 months ago: From How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren: There is some feeling nowadays … more »

Tags: How to Read a Book, knowledge, knowledge is prerequisite to understanding, Magazines, Mortimer J. Adler, radio, Reading, Television, Understanding

Good books are over your head — 1 comment

Roger Costello wrote 8 months ago: Good books are over your head; they would not be good for you if they were not.  And books that are … more »

Tags: Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book, Good Book, Good Books

You become a better reader (writer, runner, cook, etc) by reading (writing, running, cooking, etc)

Roger Costello wrote 8 months ago: Any art or skill is possessed by those who have formed the habit of operating according to its rules … more »

Tags: Mortimer J. Adler, Art of reading, How to Read a Book, Practice Makes Perfect, habit is second nature, one learns to do by doing, Artist, Craftsman

Learn how to learn from books

Roger Costello wrote 8 months ago: For those of us who are no longer in school, it is necessary, if we want to go on learning and disco … more »

Tags: Mortimer J. Adler, Learning, book, Discovery, How to Read a Book, School

The person who says he know what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks

Roger Costello wrote 8 months ago: It is an old saying that you have to “read between the lines” to get the most out of any … more »

Tags: Author, book, Full ownership of a book, How to Read a Book, marking a book, Mortimer J. Adler, read between the lines, Reading, teacher

Reading and writing ... (baseball) catching and pitching

Roger Costello wrote 8 months ago: The reader (of a book) is much like the catcher in a game of baseball. Catching the ball is just as … more »

Tags: Mortimer J. Adler, Art of reading, Reading, Pitcher, Catcher, Baseball, How to Read a Book