Alexander Arguelles | How to Take Notes for Great Books Reading Projects @ProfASAr | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
To get the most out of a close reading project such as going through the Great Books of the West and/or the Sacred Books of the East, you need to take and keep good notes. In this video, I suggest four stages for doing this: 1) penciling in the margins, 2) lecturing to the wall and then writing down a synopsis of that, 3) preparing ever-expanding lists of key terms, people, ideas, etc., and 4) beginning to make comparative and contrasting columns for multiple works.
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To get the most out of a close reading project such as going through the Great Books of the West and/or the Sacred Books of the East, you need to take and keep good notes. In this video, I suggest four stages for doing this: 1) penciling in the margins, 2) lecturing to the wall and then writing down a synopsis of that, 3) preparing ever-expanding lists of key terms, people, ideas, etc., and 4) beginning to make comparative and contrasting columns for multiple works.
If you enjoy learning from my videos, then you might enjoy learning with me in my virtual academy. Registration is ongoing, so you could join a session next week to improve your abilities to read French, German, or Spanish literature, practice spoken Latin, learn to read Medieval languages, participate in Great Books discussion seminars, or get support for teaching yourself languages, including participation in study-with-me sessions: alexanderarguelles.com/academy
If you are in a position to support my educational efforts, please consider making a contribution at: ko-fi.com/alexanderarguelles
