Mortimer Adler "How to Mark a Book" essaysThe most effective strategy that Mortimer Adler entitles in his essay "How to Mark a Book" is the comparing of similarities between objects and ideas that are not usually associated with each other, otherwise kno
1 How to Read a Book | Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren (cont'd) Many readers continue to have various kinds of difficulties reading at this level. Most of the difficulties are mechanical, and can be traced back to early instruction in reading. Overcoming these difficulties usually ...
from Appendix A of How to Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren 1. Homer (9th Century B.C.?) 荷马Iliad 《伊利亚特》(古希腊描写特洛伊战争的英雄史诗, 相传为荷马所作)Odyssey 奥德赛2. The Old Testament 旧约3. Aeschylus (c.525-456 B.C.) 埃斯库罗斯,希腊的悲剧诗人Tragedies4...
Adler and Charles Van Doren. This book was originally published in 1940, but there is a reason it has stood the test of time. You may have been reading before, but this book will show you how to really read a book for all it’s worth. The opening paragraph states it well: “This ...
— Mortimer Adler 0 Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to be sexual or erotic have a sexual root or core. They are all sublimations of the sexual instinct. — Mortimer Adler 0 ...
Mortimer JAdler批注本地保存成功开通会员云端永久保存去开通 What is A Great Book? Mortimer J. Adler There is no end to the making of books. Nor does there seem to be any end to the making of lists of “great books.” There have always been more books than anyone could read. And as ...