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1 " At various times in the history of education, a distinction has been made between learning through instruction and learning through discovery. "
― Mortimer J. Adler , How to read a book
2 " One reason for this is that the media are designed in such a way that thinking seems unnecessary (albeit superficial). "
3 " The reason is that there are two possible relationships between the brain and the book, not just one, and these two relationships are illustrated by the two different experiences that can be had when reading the book. "
4 " In the first case, we may have obtained information, but we may not have increased our understanding. If the book is completely intelligible from cover to cover, then the author and the reader are like two minds with the same frame. The symbols on the page simply express the common understanding that the reader and writer shared before they met. "
5 " Suppose even that it is understood enough to know that it is not understood, which, unfortunately, does not always happen. It is known that the book means something more than what is understood, and therefore that it contains something that can increase our understanding. "
6 " the process by which a person's mind, with nothing to function with but the symbols of the reading matter, and without any outside help[1], rises through the power of its own functioning. "
