When reading a work, Nietzsche's work for example, it seems to me i should write down somewhere the main concepts and argumentation behind them, so I can revisit them when i wish.
This would suit me especially when I don't have the work in my personal library.
Do you take notes? If so, where do you keep them? One big book for all the works' notes maybe?
Taking notes
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HUNTEDvsINVIS
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Re: Taking notes
Well I am aware of individuals who make a point of hiding things in their underwear. And then take them out of there in public again. So if they are really precious notes...
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Re: Taking notes
He that writeth in blood and in proverbs desireth not to be read, but to be learned by heart. - NietzscheBoyan wrote:When reading a work, Nietzsche's work for example, it seems to me i should write down somewhere the main concepts and argumentation behind them, so I can revisit them when i wish.
I'll take an A flat, Alex
Excellent point. Taking notes is good if you are reading for a class, or are writing a paper about philosophy. If you are reading it for real, allowing it to be a part of who you are and what you do, doing philosophy, then there is no need for notes.Matt Gregory wrote:He that writeth in blood and in proverbs desireth not to be read, but to be learned by heart. - Nietzsche