“He who regards conversation as a battle can win only by being an antagonist, only by disagreeing successfully, whether he is right… — Mortimer J. Adler Communication Copy Share Image
“Being relevant simply consists in paying close attention to the point that is being talked about and saying nothing that is not… — Mortimer J. Adler Copy Share Image
“Knowing the rules of an art is not the same as having the habit.” — Mortimer J. Adler Art Copy Share Image
“Every book has a skeleton hidden between its covers. Your job as an analytical reader is to find it.” — Mortimer J. Adler Book Copy Share Image
“To be informed is to know simply that something is the case. To be enlightened is to know, in addition, what it… — Mortimer J. Adler Books Copy Share Image
“...It is only obvious that teaching is a very special art, sharing withonly two other arts-argriculture and medicin-an exceptionally important characteristic.” — Mortimer J. Adler 12 Copy Share Image
“Estar bem informado é pré-requisito para ser esclarecido.” — Mortimer J. Adler Conhecimento Copy Share Image
“...The first dictionaries were glossaries of Homeric words, intended to help Romans read the Iliad and Odyssey as well as other Greek… — Mortimer J. Adler 178 Copy Share Image
“Concentration is another name for what we have called activity in reading. The good reader reads actively, with concentration.” — Mortimer J. Adler Books Copy Share Image
“Dado que toda a leitura consiste em uma atividade, então toda a leitura tem de ser ativa. A leitura totalmente passiva é… — Mortimer J. Adler Leitura Copy Share Image
“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh… — Mortimer J. Adler Consideration Copy Share Image
“Ask questions while you read—questions that you yourself must try to answer in the course of reading.” — Mortimer J. Adler Ask questions Copy Share Image
“There have always been literate ignoramuses who have read too widely and not well. The Greeks had a name for such a… — Mortimer J. Adler Books Copy Share Image
“One reader is better than another in proportion as he is capable of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts… — Mortimer J. Adler Books Copy Share Image
“Having a method without materials to which it can be applied is as useless as having the materials with no method to… — Mortimer J. Adler Copy Share Image
“What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of business.” — Mortimer J. Adler Business Copy Share Image
“...We must also realize-students, teachers, and laymen alike-that even when we have accomplished the task that lies before us, we will not… — Mortimer J. Adler 30 Copy Share Image
“If an author does not give reasons for his propositions, they can only be treated as expressions of personal opinion on his… — Mortimer J. Adler Books Copy Share Image
“Good books are over your head; they would not be good for you if they were not. And books that are over… — Mortimer J. Adler Books Copy Share Image
“The year after How to Read a Book was published, a parody of it appeared under the title How to Read Two… — Mortimer J. Adler Book Copy Share Image
