Thinking & Personal Effectiveness · Reading & Research
A topic within Reading & Research, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Thinking & Personal Effectiveness.
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Francis Bacon
Argues that books demand different depths of attention, some to be tasted, others swallowed, a few chewed and digested, and that reading which is not tested against writing and discussion produces only a full, not an exact, mind.
about 5 minutes to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026Arthur Schopenhauer
Argues that constant reading substitutes another person's thoughts for one's own and can leave a well-read mind unable to think independently, so reading should follow rather than replace time spent thinking.
about 2 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026