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Title: Disappointed
Review: The ISI guides as a series are a really great concept which bring us in touch with a lost part of our identity as a civilization. In as much as that that is the goal of this essay length book, it has merit. I bought the entire set and they are each quite unique. The fact that someone has even written a "guide to liberal learning" itself has merit in our age of deconstruction. On the other hand, this one lacks lucidity. It reads more like the ramblings of someone who likes to read a lot of obscure books, than a "guide to liberal learning"The key points of the essay are as follows:1. Read.2. You haven't read anything if you've only read it once.3. Have a personal library.4. You can reading start anywhere, because that will lead you to the next place.5. Random book recommendations.Points were fine, but the writing style didn't flow easily and it might have been better entitled "An approach to reading."
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