“Thus we can roughly define what we mean by the art of reading as follows: **the process whereby a mind, with nothing to operate on but the symbols of the readable matter, and with no help from outside, elevates itself by the power of its own operations**. The mind passes from understanding less to understanding more. The skilled operations that cause this to happen are the various acts that constitute the art of reading.” ([Location 222](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004PYDAPE&location=222) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[reading-books]], [[knowledge-management]] **Source** -- [[20250103084100 - B - How to Read a Book]]