Mortimer Adler, in his classic work How to Read a Book, passionately proclaims at the beginning, we feel that books that increase our understanding of the truth and make us wiser are more beyond our capacity. should become " requirements." Must seem " beyond our ability ." If a book is easy and fits safely in all its linguistic conventions and ways of thinking, then you probably do not grow too large to read. Perhaps fun, but it will not increase understanding. The books are difficult to count. Raking is easy, but all it gets are dry leaves; digging is hard, but could even find diamonds.
Christians who believe that God reveals Himself a primary through the Bible, a book must yearn to become more skilled readers may encounter. This means that we should want to become clear thinkers, insightful, accurate and balanced mind, because every good reading includes asking questions and thinking.
Read a book at a higher level is an effort to make him do questions (and answer them as best we can). So there is a world of difference between the reader and demanding that it is not. The latter do not ask questions, and do not get answers.
Adler stresses his request for the " effort" to read great books with the warning that this mental exercise could lengthen your life, while television could be lethal:
" The mind can atrophy such as muscles, if not used . And this is a terrible punishment because there is evidence that atrophy of the mind is a fatal disease. There seems no other explanation for the fact that so many busy people die soon after retirement . "
"God's Passion for His Glory, John Piper, Editorial Unilit.
"God's Passion for His Glory, John Piper, Editorial Unilit.
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