Reading history of the period mentioned in a book will definitely add to the ability to understand references. The readers of that book alive when it was published knew the allusions intimately.
I realized I had the time for audiobooks after I started driving a truck. I researched a great books list and started from that. I think Paul does his book curation up front when he brings a book into his house he makes sure it has a reputation for quality, if I remember correctly. Once you have a list or a pile of books you can pick your way through and jump to the pleasure books when your brain gets tired of more difficult books and your capacity starts to grow. My desire for history and philosophy is starting to grow as I've read older books and want to put them in context. Many people would benefit from starting with maybe middle school novels with memoria Press curriculum and work toward their high school texts. If in doubt start with Don Quixote in my opinion.
I am so glad I found Classical Et Cetera, especially this episode on lifelong learning. I love the banter among the panelists about books, teaching, and etc. My life is so enriched by reading and other forms of learning. There are so many great podcasts to learn from. Hillsdale College and Victor Davis Hanson have excellent podcasts. I also enjoy taking online courses from Hillsdale, and MIT Open Courseware. I look forward to exploring more of the content from Memoria Press.
We're so glad you found us too! If you'd like, check out Memoria College, we offer 5-week seminar courses diving into various topics from the Great Books! memoriacollege.org/classes/
I enjoy reading an author biography to help me discern where they derived the ideas they wrote about. For example, Jack London. He wrote about things in his life, his politics, his adventures and most of all his sense of social justice. A great anthology is entitled " The Cry for Justice" by Upton Sinclair.
Great host! Seems like a good fit. I have an expensive hobby of liking both the audio and the hard copy, at least for non-fiction and history. I love taking notes in my books!
I would be at miss if I failed to let you guys know how much I enjoy your show. The loving banter that takes place is part of the charm. I usually walk away with such a lightness of heart and a smile on my face. Paul…I too had started writing inside in each book where the recommendation came from and when I received it. I had donated quite a few books not knowing why I had it just to find out down the road I really did want the book I had donated. (Which I only was donating to make room for other recommended books)
14:05. Perhaps, listening to a podcast/audiobook with the idea of trying to form a literature analysis of the story is a good idea? In broad strokes trying to gather an intuition of a main idea and some events. Or broadly thinking about the character and the world they are in and which aspects of the world and the character you enjoy. Maybe even just the title, author, narrator, theme, or event. The manner in which the audio is listened to will determine the school of thought to apply, I think, and in the more relaxed setting; I would go for a more intuitionistic approach. *Le me trying to join in the classical conversation. I usually keep my phone or iPad or laptop with me when listening and jot down notes in my common book. My common book is the only notebook I have on OneNote. The common book has broad sections of general, humanities, law, science. I write into my general section usually and then later transfer it into its proper place (humanities,law,science). 🐢 Yours sincerely and gratefully.
The huge novels are episodic and so the story runs on and on and before you know it you have built a relationship with this book family and you don't want to stop.Short stories will end as soon as the engagement/relationship starts....that's just why they don't work for me.
Could the participants please work on pronouncing their books more clearly? Or maybe the host could repeat the title. I'm not familiar with some of the books mentioned.
Reading history of the period mentioned in a book will definitely add to the ability to understand references. The readers of that book alive when it was published knew the allusions intimately.
I realized I had the time for audiobooks after I started driving a truck. I researched a great books list and started from that. I think Paul does his book curation up front when he brings a book into his house he makes sure it has a reputation for quality, if I remember correctly. Once you have a list or a pile of books you can pick your way through and jump to the pleasure books when your brain gets tired of more difficult books and your capacity starts to grow. My desire for history and philosophy is starting to grow as I've read older books and want to put them in context. Many people would benefit from starting with maybe middle school novels with memoria Press curriculum and work toward their high school texts. If in doubt start with Don Quixote in my opinion.
I am so glad I found Classical Et Cetera, especially this episode on lifelong learning. I love the banter among the panelists about books, teaching, and etc. My life is so enriched by reading and other forms of learning. There are so many great podcasts to learn from. Hillsdale College and Victor Davis Hanson have excellent podcasts. I also enjoy taking online courses from Hillsdale, and MIT Open Courseware. I look forward to exploring more of the content from Memoria Press.
We're so glad you found us too! If you'd like, check out Memoria College, we offer 5-week seminar courses diving into various topics from the Great Books! memoriacollege.org/classes/
I enjoy reading an author biography to help me discern where they derived the ideas they wrote about. For example, Jack London. He wrote about things in his life, his politics, his adventures and most of all his sense of social justice. A great anthology is entitled " The Cry for Justice" by Upton Sinclair.
Great job, Stephanie! And of course the rest of you too.😊
Great host! Seems like a good fit.
I have an expensive hobby of liking both the audio and the hard copy, at least for non-fiction and history. I love taking notes in my books!
Good discussion on books. I like the idea of keeping the books you have read in the basement and the books you are reading upstairs. 32:01
I am genuinely grateful for this show. I can gather with like-minded people and hear other ideas on issues I love, books and learning. Yay!
Glad you enjoy it!
I would be at miss if I failed to let you guys know how much I enjoy your show. The loving banter that takes place is part of the charm. I usually walk away with such a lightness of heart and a smile on my face.
Paul…I too had started writing inside in each book where the recommendation came from and when I received it. I had donated quite a few books not knowing why I had it just to find out down the road I really did want the book I had donated. (Which I only was donating to make room for other recommended books)
Indeed, Sir is very good to have a common book. The Germans have another organising method called zettelkatsen style.
14:05. Perhaps, listening to a podcast/audiobook with the idea of trying to form a literature analysis of the story is a good idea? In broad strokes trying to gather an intuition of a main idea and some events. Or broadly thinking about the character and the world they are in and which aspects of the world and the character you enjoy. Maybe even just the title, author, narrator, theme, or event. The manner in which the audio is listened to will determine the school of thought to apply, I think, and in the more relaxed setting; I would go for a more intuitionistic approach.
*Le me trying to join in the classical conversation.
I usually keep my phone or iPad or laptop with me when listening and jot down notes in my common book.
My common book is the only notebook I have on OneNote. The common book has broad sections of general, humanities, law, science. I write into my general section usually and then later transfer it into its proper place (humanities,law,science).
🐢
Yours sincerely and gratefully.
The huge novels are episodic and so the story runs on and on and before you know it you have built a relationship with this book family and you don't want to stop.Short stories will end as soon as the engagement/relationship starts....that's just why they don't work for me.
How very true sometimes we love what we have and sometimes we ponder its value. haha!!!
Middle East issue
"from time immemorial" by joan peters
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Could the participants please work on pronouncing their books more clearly? Or maybe the host could repeat the title. I'm not familiar with some of the books mentioned.