Mortimer J. Adler Quotes
Top 51 wise famous quotes and sayings by Mortimer J. Adler
Mortimer J. Adler Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
Even when you have been somewhat enlightened by what you have read, you are called upon to continue the serach for significance.
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
But it may be seriously questioned whether the advent of modern communications media has much enhanced our understanding of the world
Scientific objectivity is not the absence of initial bias. It is attained by frank confession of it.
Think of yourself as a detective looking for clues to a book's general theme or idea, alert for anything that will make it clearer.
If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you don't already possess
TURN THE PAGES, DIPPING IN HERE AND THERE, READING A PARAGRAPH OR TWO, SOMETIMES SEVERAL PAGES IN SEQUENCE, NEVER MORE THAN THAT.
Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.
You cannot begin to deal with terms, propositions, and arguments - the elements of thought - until you can penetrate beneath the surface of language.
From your point of view as a reader, therefore, the most important words are those that give you trouble.
The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read.
If an author does not give reasons for his propositions, they can only be treated as expressions of personal opinion on his part.
You must be able to say "I understand," before you can say "I agree," or "I disagree," or "I suspend judgment.
The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.
The reader who fails to ponder, or at least mark, the words he does not understand is headed for disaster.
It is only when you try to refine the obvious, and give the distinctions greater precision, that you get into difficulties. For
The first stage of elementary reading - reading readiness - corresponds to pre-school and kindergarten experiences.
Great speed in reading is a dubious achievement; it is of value only if what you have to read is not worth reading.
The dictionary also invites a playful reading. It challenges anyone to sit down with it in an idle moment. There are worse ways to kill time.