There are many kinds of books, such as philosophy, travel notes, novels, politics, psychology, science and so on.
Everyone is dealing with words for different purposes. Or get new ideas, or learn new knowledge and collect new information.
Then the problem is coming. The same is reading, why should it be divided into intensive reading, extensive reading and browsing?
There is a famous saying in Master Zhuangzi: My life is limited, but so is my knowledge. With the limit, it is almost over.
Meaning: Life is limited, but knowledge is infinite (without boundaries). Pursuing infinite knowledge with limited life is doomed to failure.
As the sages said, life is limited. Of course, the time that everyone can squeeze out to read books every day is limited, so they can only choose. Collect what we need in infinite knowledge.
I don't advocate that reading is too utilitarian. After all, the soup of literature and art has to be cooked slowly to taste. However, proper classification is still necessary.
Now let's talk about the classification and qualitative problems of "essence, universality and browsing"
What is intensive reading? Intensive reading is like cattle eating grass. When the grass reaches the cow's stomach, it can return the food from the stomach to the mouth after a period of time and chew it again. Zoology calls this phenomenon "rumination"
What about reading? We can understand it as: review or read many times.
What books are worth reading intensively? Classics, masterpieces, philosophy and other books that can stand the test of time. It is worthy of our repeated reading and aftertaste.
What about extensive reading?
Extensive reading is like a whale swallowing, both big fish and small fish are eaten in one bite and digested slowly.
First of all, reading can't be "idle". You should focus on work needs or personal preferences, and focus on reading.
Others, such as philosophy, psychology, politics, science, social science, mathematics, etc. It should be covered. Multidisciplinary reading not only enriches our knowledge points, but also perfects our outlook on life and values. It is more likely to be cultivated into our next intensive reading goal.
Third, talk about "browsing and reading":
Browsing is like what Buddhists say: weak water is 3 thousand, just take a ladle to drink.
At the time of contemporary information explosion, the content produced by the Internet in one day is enough for a person to read for a lifetime. So we can only selectively filter out unnecessary information.
So what can I browse and arrange a small amount of time to read? Here are some examples for your reference, such as self-media news, magazines and newspapers. They mainly browse.
First, the publications listed above have strong timeliness and great limitations. If you spend too much time on it, it will take up the time and energy of intensive reading and extensive reading. In the long run, the harvest is low.
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