[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fXyQdXmmYej_-3K0hX8DCHyY5C6AxPO27WIkXfzHVga8":3,"$fhz_XjqmaKW1YFRz-LvPD1nqwJOgXjRLxvCfMEZWWq_E":16},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},58524,"Susan Wise Bauer","S",28,null,"susan-wise-bauer",[12],{"tag_id":13,"tag_name":14,"tag_count":15},32031,"world-history",9,{"quotes":17,"pagination":86},[18,26,32,38,44,51,57,63,70,76],{"id":19,"quote_text":20,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":23,"source":24,"quote_tag":25,"commentary":9},3457016,"Technology can do a great deal to make information gathering easier, but it can do little to simplify the gathering of wisdom.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":27,"quote_text":28,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":29,"source":30,"quote_tag":31,"commentary":9},3456998,"The goal of classical self-education is this: not merely to “stuff” facts into your head, but to understand them. Incorporate them into your mental framework. Reflect on their meaning for the internal life.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":33,"quote_text":34,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":35,"source":36,"quote_tag":37,"commentary":9},3456991,"In fact, far from being phonetic, hieroglyphs were designed to be indecipherable unless you possessed the key to their meaning. The Egyptian priests, who were guardians of this information, patrolled the borders of their knowledge in order to keep this tool in their own hands. Ever since, the mastery of writing and reading has been an act of power.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":39,"quote_text":40,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":41,"source":42,"quote_tag":43,"commentary":9},3456973,"As you read, you should follow this three-part process: jot down specific phrases, sentences, and paragraphs as you come across them; when you’ve finished your reading, go back and write a brief summary about what you’ve learned; and then write your own reactions, questions, and thoughts.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":45,"quote_text":46,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":47,"source":48,"quote_tag":49,"commentary":50},3456956,"When you read, you develop wisdom – or, in Mortimer Adler’s words, “become enlightened.” “To be informed,” Adler writes in How to Read a Book, “is to know simply that something is the case. To be enlightened is to know, in addition, what it is all about.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nMortimer Adler, a renowned philosopher and educator, penned these words in his 1940 book \"How to Read a Book.\" During this period, Adler was deeply concerned with the state of education and critical thinking in America. His work aimed to equip readers with the skills to navigate complex ideas and arrive at profound understandings.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nAdler's distinction between being informed and enlightened reveals a nuanced understanding of knowledge acquisition. While knowing that something is the case might be sufficient for mere memorization, Adler emphasizes that true insight requires an additional step: contextualizing information within a broader framework or narrative.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider that merely accumulating facts without connecting them to larger themes or stories can lead to superficial understanding. Instead, adopt a \"narrative thinking\" approach, where you seek to integrate new information into your existing mental schema, using the context of your work, personal experiences, or current events to give meaning and significance to what you're learning.",{"id":52,"quote_text":53,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":54,"source":55,"quote_tag":56,"commentary":9},3456941,"Civilization began in the Fertile Crescent, not because it was an Edenic place overflowing with natural resources, but because it was so hostile to settlement that a village of any size needed careful management to survive.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":9},3456927,"Part of the school dilemma results from an over-focus on testing results; home educators are free from that pressure, so you won’t have to decide between test prep and expository writing.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":64,"quote_text":65,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":66,"source":67,"quote_tag":68,"commentary":69},3456908,"Underline in your books, jot notes in the margins, and turn the corners of your pages down. Public education is a beautiful dream, but public classrooms too often train students not to mark, write in, disfigure, or in any way make books permanently their own. You’re a grownup now, so buy your own books if you possibly can. In my opinion, a cheap paperback filled with your own notes is worth five times as much as a beautiful collector’s edition.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nSusan Wise Bauer, a historian and educator, penned these words likely in one of her books on classical education or literary appreciation. As someone who has dedicated her career to studying and sharing the wisdom of the past, she is here addressing a common concern of students and readers: how to truly engage with the material.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a paradox at its core: public education often discourages personal engagement with texts, yet this very act is essential for deep learning. Bauer suggests that by taking ownership of our books—by marking them up, writing in them, and making them uniquely ours—we not only learn more effectively but also acquire a valuable skill: the ability to interact critically and creatively with ideas.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, take a cue from Bauer's advice: next time you're about to read a book, don't be afraid to \"disfigure\" it. Mark up your copies, write notes in the margins, and turn down corners to create a personalized learning experience that will help you retain information better and develop a deeper understanding of the material.",{"id":71,"quote_text":72,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":73,"source":74,"quote_tag":75,"commentary":9},3456894,"A debt-free bachelor’s degree is, as it turns out, priceless: As Jane Austen puts it, it sets you up forever. My friends were still paying off their school loans in their forties. I never had any school debt at all. Because I had no debt, I could choose my life, and choose my adventure.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":77,"quote_text":78,"author_id":5,"source_id":79,"has_image":22,"author":80,"source":81,"quote_tag":82,"commentary":9},768714,"Isaac Newton, John Locke, and many other men and women in England and Europe began to... believe that universal laws, discovered through observation, governed every part of human life. Today, we often talk about these ideas as \"Western ideas.\" Sometimes, we talk about the years when these ideas became popular as the \"Enlightenment.",2,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[83],{"id":84,"tag":85},3634007,{"id":13,"tag_name":14},{"currentPage":87,"totalPages":88,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":89},1,3,10]