Por que ler?

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A informação está cada vez mais ao nosso alcance. Mas a sabedoria, que é o tipo mais precioso de conhecimento, só pode ser encontrada nos grandes autores de literatura. Esse é o primeiro motivo por que devemos ler. O segundo motivo, como já diziam os filósofos e psicólogos, é que todo bom pensador (e bom pensamento) depende da memória. Não é possível pensar sem lembrar - e são os livros que ainda preservam a maior parte da nossa herança cultural. Finalmente, e esse motivo está relacionado ao anterior, eu diria que uma democracia depende de pessoas capazes de pensar por si próprias. E ninguém faz isso sem ler.

- Harold Bloom, 2001

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