study

On the Reading of Whole Books — The Reading Process

Date: February 13, 2015
Author: Chris
Comments: 5 Comments
Categories: Study Methods

In the pref­ace to a trans­lat­ed vol­ume C.S. Lewis wrote an essay on the impor­tance of read­ing old books, bemoan­ing the lack of appli­ca­tion that many peo­ple of his era had for the read­ing of old­er books, instead pre­fer­ring to read sec­ondary lit­er­a­ture. While Lewis’ essay still speaks pow­er­ful­ly to…

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Work, Research and Organisational Tools Overview

Date: February 2, 2015
Author: Chris
Comments: 1 Comment
Categories: College, Study Methods

When work­ing, or study­ing, or for that mat­ter going about dai­ly life there are a mul­ti­tude of skills and dis­ci­plines that will help us be bet­ter at what­ev­er we are doing. Some of those skills and dis­ci­plines I will look at in the Wednesday and Friday ses­sions. But in addi­tion…

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