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How To Read A Book by Mortimer Adler

Books Are Great

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Is Reading for Information Better Than Reading for Understanding?

Reading for understanding is what is transformationalto a human being. He does not explicitly recommend one over the other. It's pretty clear to me that he's saying that reading for understanding is misunderstood, overlooked and not sought out enough. That getting more information doesn't change you as a person. Understanding something that you didn't understand before does change you as an individual.

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