Comments on: How to Speed Read Like Theodore Roosevelt http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/18/how-to-speed-read-like-theodore-roosevelt/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/18/how-to-speed-read-like-theodore-roosevelt/comment-page-1/#comment-113843 Mark Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:28:59 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6438#comment-113843 From Nietzsche's preface to Daybreak, "A book like this, a problem like this, is in no hurry; we both, I just as much as my book, are friends of lento. It is not for nothing that I have been a philologist, perhaps I am a philologist still, that is to say, A TEACHER OF SLOW READING:- in the end I also write slowly. Nowadays it is not only my habit, it is also to my taste - a malicious taste, perhaps? - no longer to write anything which does not reduce to despair every sort of man who is 'in a hurry'. For philology is that venerable art which demands of its votaries one thing above all: to go aside, to take time, to become still, to become slow - it is a goldsmith's art and connoisseurship of the WORD which has nothing but delicate, cautious work to do and achieves nothing if it does not achieve it lento. But precisely for this reason it is more necessary than ever today, by precisely this means does it entice and enchant us the most, in the midst of an age of 'work', that is to say, of hurry, of indecent and perspiring haste, which wants to 'get everything done' at once, including every old or new book:- this art does not so easily get anything done, it teaches to read WELL, that is to say, to read slowly, deeply, looking cautiously before and aft, with reservations, with doors left open, with delicate eyes and fingers...My patient friends, this book desires for itself only perfect readers and philologists: LEARN to read me well!" As a classicist, I agree drivel out to be read as quickly as possible. But there are works that must be savoured word by word. And then read again. Read the NYT as fast as possible, but try to understand, or even to catch, why Plato does not use a definite article for Piraeus in the first line of the Republic. From Nietzsche’s preface to Daybreak, “A book like this, a problem like this, is in no hurry; we both, I just as much as my book, are friends of lento. It is not for nothing that I have been a philologist, perhaps I am a philologist still, that is to say, A TEACHER OF SLOW READING:- in the end I also write slowly. Nowadays it is not only my habit, it is also to my taste – a malicious taste, perhaps? – no longer to write anything which does not reduce to despair every sort of man who is ‘in a hurry’. For philology is that venerable art which demands of its votaries one thing above all: to go aside, to take time, to become still, to become slow – it is a goldsmith’s art and connoisseurship of the WORD which has nothing but delicate, cautious work to do and achieves nothing if it does not achieve it lento. But precisely for this reason it is more necessary than ever today, by precisely this means does it entice and enchant us the most, in the midst of an age of ‘work’, that is to say, of hurry, of indecent and perspiring haste, which wants to ‘get everything done’ at once, including every old or new book:- this art does not so easily get anything done, it teaches to read WELL, that is to say, to read slowly, deeply, looking cautiously before and aft, with reservations, with doors left open, with delicate eyes and fingers…My patient friends, this book desires for itself only perfect readers and philologists: LEARN to read me well!”

As a classicist, I agree drivel out to be read as quickly as possible. But there are works that must be savoured word by word. And then read again. Read the NYT as fast as possible, but try to understand, or even to catch, why Plato does not use a definite article for Piraeus in the first line of the Republic.

]]> By: Taming The Beast – The Bourbon Asylum http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/18/how-to-speed-read-like-theodore-roosevelt/comment-page-1/#comment-113783 Taming The Beast – The Bourbon Asylum Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:40:31 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6438#comment-113783 [...] Further reading How To Speed Read Like Theodore Roosevelt 08/18/2010 – 16:40 | By Odd Brian | Posted in Books | Tagged Books, getting rid of books | [...] [...] Further reading How To Speed Read Like Theodore Roosevelt 08/18/2010 – 16:40 | By Odd Brian | Posted in Books | Tagged Books, getting rid of books | [...]

]]> By: Gary V http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/18/how-to-speed-read-like-theodore-roosevelt/comment-page-1/#comment-113616 Gary V Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:44:01 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6438#comment-113616 As someone who learns best through auditory means, subvocalizing is how I manage to learn or remember what I read. So sadly, as appealing as speed reading is, I will have to pass and do it all the hard way. As someone who learns best through auditory means, subvocalizing is how I manage to learn or remember what I read. So sadly, as appealing as speed reading is, I will have to pass and do it all the hard way.

]]> By: Brandon http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/18/how-to-speed-read-like-theodore-roosevelt/comment-page-1/#comment-113224 Brandon Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:07:35 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6438#comment-113224 I can't believe that worked! I tried just reading faster than normal by leading with my finger, and my brain skipped the subvocalization and just read it directly. Thanks AOM! I can’t believe that worked! I tried just reading faster than normal by leading with my finger, and my brain skipped the subvocalization and just read it directly. Thanks AOM!

]]> By: Philosophy and the unseen plus trials and tribulations of espanol. | Brianseducationexperiment's Blog http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/18/how-to-speed-read-like-theodore-roosevelt/comment-page-1/#comment-108425 Philosophy and the unseen plus trials and tribulations of espanol. | Brianseducationexperiment's Blog Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:02:50 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=6438#comment-108425 [...] On a side note about speed reading I have found the process to be useful and successful so long as you keep to it. With any luck I hope my speed reading will improve further and allow me to get thru more of these books at a time. It is all just a matter of sticking to my practice. If anyone reading this would like to learn more about speed reading this article is one of my favorites on the subject, http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/18/how-to-speed-read-like-theodore-roosevelt/ [...] [...] On a side note about speed reading I have found the process to be useful and successful so long as you keep to it. With any luck I hope my speed reading will improve further and allow me to get thru more of these books at a time. It is all just a matter of sticking to my practice. If anyone reading this would like to learn more about speed reading this article is one of my favorites on the subject, http://artofmanliness.com/2009/10/18/how-to-speed-read-like-theodore-roosevelt/ [...]

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