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20058669 No.20058669 [Reply] [Original]

I am about to start reading the ancient Greek canon, having never seriously read before. Is How to Read a Book worth the read?

>> No.20058710

>>20058669
>How to Read a Book
How long do you think you'll take to finish it?

>> No.20058731

>>20058710
Probably about a week and a half, maybe two weeks

>> No.20058744

>>20058731
I might do the same

>> No.20058818

>>20058669
How about you find out for yourself.
https://lmgtfy.app/?q=how+to+read+a+book+pdf

>> No.20058950

You got filtered hard. That 'guide' is bait.

>> No.20058962

>>20058669
Follow your own path to becoming a learned man. Do not fall for any meme lists on /lit/

>> No.20058988

>>20058669
Read the ABC of reading

>> No.20059294

bump

>> No.20059794
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20059794

I only made it halfway through How To Read a Book

>> No.20059844

>>20058962

This.

I find the lists on the /lit/ wiki helpfull as in: hmm that is funny people associate these books with each other... but the association is not always clear and you start to fill in the association with your own fantasy.

Just read good books, that have always been good. Machiavelli, Gilgamesh, The road to Wigan Pier, Thinking fast and Slow.... Just get good books and read them.

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20059868

>not starting with the Americans
ngmi

>> No.20061143

>>20058669
unironically yes, it's kind of a fun read too
it helped me greatly

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>>20058669

>> No.20062626

>>20061447
But just because I read these books doesn’t mean I’ll apply their lessons. Now what?

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>>20058669
How am I supposed to read this if I don't know how to read a book?

>> No.20062694

>>20058669
yeah, I don't regret reading it. the 'how to read philosophy' section was helpful.

>> No.20063849

>>20062626
>just because I fart doesn't mean I will be able to smell it
just move your nose closer to the fart to smell it

>> No.20064019

>>20059868
based

>> No.20064028

>>20061447
>b-but X!
No, consider Y.

All these redditors love the fantasy of others kneeling before them and asking permission to do or not do things. I don't have to do what you tell me, retard. I don't even need a reason.