Nearly all my books (and I have quite a collection now) came from second-hand bookshops. Why pay £20 for a volume of wise words when £1 will be enough? Besides, there is something heart-warming about reading the very ink and turning the very pages that another has enjoyed ; something unifying about reading the margin-notes [...]
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Reading for pleasure
Posted in culture, Literature, poetry, Uncategorized, tagged AN Whitehead, books, Democritus, Leucippus, pleasure, reading, second hand books on April 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The tales they tell to children
Posted in culture, Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, tagged books, knowledge, language, material, quality, quantity, spiritual, symbols on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Where is the knowledge in books?
What does it all mean?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, interpretation, meaning, symbols, thinking, wisdom on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How often have I heard somebody say, “There’s wisdom in that book?” We take it as a truth that a book by a learned author contains wisdom. But is that true?
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