A New Way to Read

This search led me to Mortimer Adler , a philosopher and educator best known for his work on the Great Books movement, a project aimed at defining the essential works of Western civilization. In 1940, Adler published How to Read a Book, a guide to deeper reading that has remained influential for decades. His argument was simple: Most people read pa... See more

How do you read a book? A final section details the four levels of reading as articulated by author Mortimer Adler. The levels are elementary, inspectional, analytical, and syntopical. Most of us only get through the first two levels and don’t engage with the material and have a conversation with it. That’s where deep, true comprehension comes from

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