“**THE SECOND STAGE OF ANALYTICAL READING**, OR RULES FOR FINDING WHAT A BOOK SAYS (INTERPRETING ITS CONTENTS) 5. **Come to terms with the author** by interpreting his key words. 6. **Grasp the author’s leading propositions** by dealing with his most important sentences. 7. **Know the author’s arguments**, by finding them in, or constructing them out of, sequences of sentences. 8. **Determine which of his problems the author has solved**, and which he has not; and as to the latter, decide which the author knew he had failed to solve.” ([Location 2010](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004PYDAPE&location=2010) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[reading-books]], [[analytical-reading]] **Source** -- [[20250103084100 - B - How to Read a Book]]