nishio read the book carefully I feel uncomfortable when people say “read the book carefully”, think about why.

nishio “Some books are enough to be tasted, others to be swallowed whole without chewing, only a very few need to be chewed and digested well” Francis Bacon

I believe the basic premise is that there are stages to “reading” in this way, and that the reading changes depending on the need. - Very few books to chew on.

nishio When you are trying to chew and digest a book that should be chewed and digested well, you feel that you are doing this as a matter of course, so it You feel uncomfortable when there are statements that you don’t regard as

nishio If one person thinks “this is a book I want to chew and digest well” and doesn’t try to chew and digest it well, that’s strange, and if one person thinks “swallowing it whole is enough” If you think “swallowing it whole is enough,” then it doesn’t matter if other people are chewing it or not.

nishio When it comes to books that I want to “understand”, my “sense of understanding” is the only measure of my behavioral decisions, and I’m relatively unimportant about the behavior of others.

nishio I’ve made it this far. image

The output after going through this - Clubs and Openness in the Modern Era


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