Good lines: on reading

 

    "In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you."

    Mortimer J. Adler

(Has anyone read his How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading?).

Comments

[Joan Kyler]

I read this book back in 1989 and, according to my 3 x 5 card notes, I thought it was interesting. But that's all I wrote about it

I also read The Lifetime Reading Plan by the late Clifton Fadiman, father of author Anne Fadiman. I loved this book so much that I wrote to Mr. Fadiman and, despite his ill health and advanced years, received a lovely letter back from him!

[Susan in TX]

I've read this one - and I make my kids read it the summer before they start high school. It's a good resource for those embarking on a "great books" study - to help readers understand that different genres require slightly different approaches to reading. It is more "academic" than relaxing reading, though.

[jodi]

I am trying to break the habit of having too many books to read. It is hard though. I see great sounding books on your website and others. Plus then the library comes out with a list of new to them books that you can place on hold each month (and then they all come in at the same time :-). But I'm trying to be more selective. A vicious battle!

[Cornflower]

That's wonderful, Joan!

[Cornflower]

Thankyou for that, Susan - useful to know what category it falls into.

[Cornflower]

I know exactly what you mean, Jodi!

[Max Weismann]

We are a not-for-profit educational organization, founded by Mortimer Adler and we have recently made an exciting discovery--three years after writing the wonderfully expanded third edition of How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren made a series of thirteen 14-minute videos--lively discussing the art of reading. The videos were produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica. For reasons unknown, sometime after their original publication, these videos were lost.

Three hours with Mortimer Adler on one DVD. A must for libraries and classroom teaching the art of reading.

I cannot exaggerate how instructive these programs are--we are so sure that you will agree, if you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your donation.

Please go here to see a clip and learn more:

http://www.thegreatideas.org/HowToReadABook.htm

ISBN: 978-1-61535-311-8

Thank you,

Max Weismann