Noteworthy and Not

Perhaps no one was more eloquent about the true purpose of reading than French novelist Marcel Proust, who wrote: “that which is the end of their [the author’s] wisdom is but the beginning of ours.” The act of going beyond the text to think new thoughts is a developmental, learnable approach toward knowledge.

Socrates’ nightmare - The New York Times (via wildcat2030)

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