The art of reading

We all have their own reading habits. To be a good reader, but it is necessary to review our habits. One of the main goals of our age, a new study, this art is to teach young people.

Goethe's advanced age he could not learn enough in this art is still. Rather, Goethe's very meaningful to me when I first read this confession did not come. Showed an extreme modesty of this great man, I thought. These words of wisdom in my advancing age I began to understand. Goethe was right. The art of reading a life of art was not fit. Therefore we can not keep away from the eye was an art.

André Maurois, written for young people which is one of the most beautiful book "The Art of Living" by reading a portion of that beautiful book devoted to the art. There are generally three types according Maurois'ya okucu. The first type of reader who reads incessantly, are omnivorous, "what ideas they are reading, what would they search for truth, but it masks the spirit world and they are haunted by a series of words. In essence they are read, the main idea in the minds of many small amounts, between sources of information do not make any assessment. He reads them, completely passive (passive) is only for the articles they submit, they do not interpret what they read, where they do not open their minds, they do not digest them. "

The second type of reader, are reading for pleasure. This is a more active reading. "This kind of reading fans of the novel, beautiful expressions, or their own emotions awake, and the excitement to come, or life could not find the adventure and are looking for, so delight for readers." Human suffering of the centuries remain the same to see him relax. This type of reading for pleasure, reading is a healthy.

The third type of reading is reading for the job. "This is a book for specific information, outline a structure designed in mind that although the raw materials needed to complete the reader to find the man is reading." Read the introduction to this type of people who must always take notes.



According Maurois'ya each study, as are the rules of reading. These rules, to protect them from winter cold, we wore coats made of thick fabric of our lives, such as frequent, but is injured:

First rule: know a few writers and few topics to complete, many writers know better than to tinker and many subjects are: "The beauty of the work in the first okuyuş never be fully understood. In youth, just as in life, the books must navigate between the search for friends, but these folks are, and to select and adopt Once the need to stay with them alone. Montaigne, Saint-Simon's Retz'in, Balzac'ın or as close to Proust, a life-enriching enough. "[1]

Second Rule: life enough as it is short and all the works of more facilities are not included criticize past the masterpieces, masterpieces, first read: "Wonders of the numbers already so much that, all our understanding never means will not be. Let us trust in his choice of the century. Can a human error, may mislead a generation, mankind is not wrong. "From this view, the selection of art books also may benefit in the selection of science books.

The third rule: the authors find that you have performed. Learn how you know who the author of. Unlike the author of your friends will see your writing. Maurois, in this regard "in literature as in love, others will surprise people the choice." He says. The authors find a time convenient to you after you try them for yourself one central idea.

Fourth rule: "whenever read us a beautiful concert, and a noble ceremony respectful and quiet air wrapped must. A page to browse for the phone to answer, then, his mind elsewhere, the book re-handle, then the next day to let you go anywhere, read is not. real reader, his long, lonely evenings in the stock, his favorite author is, can detach the afternoon of a winter market ... "

Fifth rule: Please make yourself worthy of the great books. "Because he Maurois, inns, and they love to read, just as Spanish is: People can find out, but bring your own." Today is a book we do not understand well enough, life and art after reading our experience we can understand.

Let us write again Maurois'nın following sentence completion: "The art of reading, above all, to find life in books and books to better understand the art of it is due."