How to Read a Book

This board is turning into /b/ on books.

First people should go read "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren(1972 revised.

Remember:

“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”

--Frances Bacon

Read on and learn people!!

I pretend to read for the culture.

This book made me scared of reading wrong.

Too many people read now so they can impress their friends or peers and gain no knowledge from it. Best case scenario, they might gain information they can parrot but don't understand.

I've long since given up on attempting to improve myself.

Within this awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries:
Happiest they of human race,
To whom their God has given grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,
To lift the latch, to force the way;
But better had they ne’er been born,
Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.

--Sir Walter Scott

I read that book and it's fucking awful. I tried following its advice, but I would never use its methods again.

>Anglos need a guide on how to read
Why are all of your kin imbeciles?

have you actually read it? if you did, you read it wrong

>charles van doren
kek