@Onkruid
Brb grabbing my copy of green eggs and ham real quick
@jonryan9577
i believe this aligns with plato’s and socrates encouragement of critical thinking when it came to education…they often criticized the focus on just memorization rather than drawing your own conclusions and asking deeper questions.
@nunyabidness6820
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 📚 Understanding hard books is a common challenge even for advanced readers. 00:29 📖 There are four types of reading: Elementary, Inspectional, Analytical, and Syntopical. 01:53 🧐 Before diving into a book, conduct an inspection to understand its content, table of contents, and introduction. 04:00 ✍️ During the superficial read, quickly skim the text without stopping to ponder or look up unknown terms. 05:37 📖 Analytical reading involves deep engagement with the text, making thorough annotations, and taking detailed notes. 08:41 🔍 Define key terms used by the author to fully understand the text's message. 09:37 📝 Identify the author's message by analyzing specific arguments and evidence presented. 10:31 🤔 Critically assess the book by considering its arguments, exploring counterarguments, and forming your own conclusions. 12:07 📚 Syntopical reading involves comparing multiple books on the same subject to understand different perspectives and arguments.
@mohandalansari534
Steps are unclear. I am now a philosopher
@ChrisGBaker
Thank you. I’ve read Adler and Van Doran’s “How to Read a Book” many times. Your video here helped me understand its contents even more.
@AncTreat5358
Thank you for showcasing Adler's incredible How to Read a Book, and implementing his steps. This has been very instrumental for me as I read more complex works to engage in the most thorough manner.
@MarcielGitau
This made tackling difficult books feel way more manageable – so helpful!
@00EraMusic
From what you said it looks like I’ve been doing analytical + synoptical. I go through a book underling, highlighting and annotated bits that I feel are important and then I go over them multiple times after I finish the book. I also make sure to read books surrounding the same topic to drive it home.
@csloanlewis
I've had "How to Read a Book" on my shelf for YEARS. I'm gonna read it all this weekend. Thanks for this great video!
@arctic215
1. Pre-reading: Read the introduction/blurb, etc. to figure out what the book's about. 2. Superficial reading: use a pencil for light annotations 3. Analytical reading: this is where you take a notepad and actually take notes from the book -classify the book -x-ray the book and try to see what you can find (scan the table of contents/introduction, for example) coming to terms with the author study their vocabulary-for ex. in philosophy, try to define the terms that the author uses (reason/logic, etc.) -determine the message that the author is trying to convey -criticise the book fairly; play the devil's advocate here -determine your own conclusion 4. Synoptical reading: reading other books to compare/have a conversation with different authors
@jessicaweldon199
your channel is amazing!!! I loved this video as an english student who loves classics but struggles outside of class
@celoreads
Using this to read Judith Butler! I am reading her so I can finally finish my Bachelor's thesis, but despite visiting a class that analyzed one of the texts from the book I am reading of her, I feel stumped. Hopefully, I'll be done in time! Thank you so much for breaking the process down and making the book a little less daunting for me!
@ethanlafont5073
I’ve been presenting on Adler’s book to the Upper School students of the school I teach at. Love the video.
@josephr2941
My philosophy teacher last year tortured my class. He had us read a bunch of Hegel and Feaubach. I wish those reads on my worst enemy.
@nathananderson8720
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my YouTube channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,056 subs and > 800 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
@EricMcLuen
For me language is often the atumbling block. Philosophers and theologians like naming things and don't often care if someone else used the same name in a slightly different context. Pobably the most difficult book I have, attemptedz to read was feom colege - Meaning of Christ, a Mahayana Buddhist Point of View. You basically had to learn a new language if you weren't well versed in Buddhist thought. I might give Goedel, Escher and Bach another shot at some point. But like all reading, knowing what you are getting into before you start can be a big plus.
@JackT13
I found ‘Why Orwell Matters’ a joy to read. If you also imagine Hitchens’ voice is narrating in your head, you’ll love it
@elendor3428
This is great. Im a physics student and the deeper element of understanding physics, is generally mathematics. I have struggled with finding a way of really understanding pure philosophy so this should be very helpful.
@RemarkableFilm
This video is starting to make me think that it wasn't my enrollment in the philosophy summer class in 2020 that took me out of my depression, it was the philosophy books I read for the course that re-taught me how to read and therefore gave me the power to continue learning and feeling engaged in the world around me (enlightenment!)
@_jared