Here’s a quote from the book reviewed earlier:

“If you are reading in order to become a better reader, you cannot
read just any book or article. You will not improve as a reader if
all you read are books that are well within your capacity. You must
tackle books that are beyond you, or, as we have said, books that are
over your head. Only books of that sort will make you stretch your
mind. And unless you stretch, you will not learn”

– M.J. Adler, C. Van Doren in “How to read a book”

Related posts:

1. Book review: “How to read a book” by M. Adler, C. Van Doren

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