Key insights from
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
By Mortimer Adler, Charles Van Doren
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9 minute read
Published Aug 15, 1972
What you'll learn
So there’s reading—and then there’s reading. This book has been a classic for almost a century, and it continues to be a useful tool for many, whether you’re an academic or a bibliophile looking to get more out of what you read. The author’s commentary on the newest information technologies of his day—television and radio—also apply to the mediums, devices, and information channels that have come along since.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 In a world where presentation carries more weight than ideas themselves, we still need books to gain deeper understanding.
- 2 Reading is not an act of passively receiving information, but actively engaging it.
- 3 Knowing the different levels of reading will help you approach each book effectively.
- 4 Readers won’t get answers from books unless they ask the right questions.
- 5 No struggle yields no learning.
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