Cómo leer un libro

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Mortimer J. Adler: Cómo leer un libro (Paperback, Spanish language, 1983, Claridad)

Paperback

Spanish language

Published Jan. 4, 1983 by Claridad.

ISBN:
978-950-620-009-1
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Of all elements this book has, the most striking one is perhaps its title. A rather simple, descriptive title, yet, ironically, attractive enough to spark curiosity for some, including myself, leading into a question: why should someone read a book about reading a book?

The answer itself reveals that the said title is actually a bit misleading. What the author means by "read" is not its meaning in a general sense, but a specific kind of it, which, if I try to rename the title of this book, it would be: "How to learn something from an expository book (and make sure you really understand it)".

Some readers, who expecting a more general or leisure type of reading, would feel being deceived; but then, such readers are unlikely to have interest in a book titled "How to Read a Book" in the first place. This is a book for those …

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