Mortimer J Adler
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material.
A CNN Book of the Week: "Explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them. It's masterfully done." –Farheed Zakaria
Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic...
A CNN Book of the Week: "Explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them. It's masterfully done." –Farheed Zakaria
Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic...
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"Adler traces 'in the simplest language and with occasional modern analogues, the logic and growth of Aristotle's basic doctrines.'" Publ Wkly "Aristotle taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since, from Marcus Aurelius, to Thomas Aquinas, to Mortimer J. Adler. Now Aler instructs the world in the 'uncommon common sense' of Aristotelian logic, presenting Aristotle's understandings in a current,...
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 2-3
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
Pub. Date
[1952]
Language
English
Description
Comprising the 102 great ideas of the Western canon that is the collection Great Books of the Western World, this syntopicon is an index to the locations of these great ideas in the texts of this collection.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the various levels of reading and how to achieve them, the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science, mathematics, philosophic and social science, and finally, a recommended reading list and reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.
Author
Series
Great ideas program volume 8
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English