"Read in order to live." Gustave Flaubert, letter to Mlle de Chantepie, June 1857.
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Showing posts with label Charles Moore. Show all posts
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Why is reading important?
In his July article (see earlier post) Charles Moore asked "Why is reading important?"
Monday 11 July 2011
WONDERFUL ARTICLE
A good book offers the ultimate escape
It's not easy to explain why reading is so important, writes Charles Moore
"It is not easy to explain to people who don't do it exactly why reading matters not only functionally, but deeply. I think it relates to George Herbert's definition of prayer – "something understood". In our culture, that something is now less understood than at any time since before the invention of the printing press."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8629159/A-good-book-offers-the-ultimate-escape.html
It's not easy to explain why reading is so important, writes Charles Moore
"It is not easy to explain to people who don't do it exactly why reading matters not only functionally, but deeply. I think it relates to George Herbert's definition of prayer – "something understood". In our culture, that something is now less understood than at any time since before the invention of the printing press."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8629159/A-good-book-offers-the-ultimate-escape.html
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