Mortimer Adler was an American philosopher best known for his work compiling the Great Books of the Western World, a 54-volume set of the best works ever written. During his life he also taught at the University of Chicago, wrote numerous books, and helped launch the version of the Encyclopædia Britannica that we all grew up with. The man knew how to classify and organize information.
One essay of his stood out in particular as we started NoteShow in 2012. An excerpt from Adler’s “How to Read a Book” was published in July 1940 and his ideas are simple, easy to understand and have held true over the years. Continue reading “How to Mark a Book”