«To be informed is to know simply that something is the case. To be enlightened is to know, in addition, what it is all about: why it is the case, what its connections are with other facts, in what respects it is the same, in what respects it is different, and so forth.»
«The amount the reader “catches” will usually depend on the amount of activity he puts into the process, as well as upon the skill with which he executes the different mental acts involved.»
Когда в аннотации к книге болгарского писателя Георгия Господинова прочитал про очередную попытку «повернуть время вспять», причем в глобальном масштабе, то сразу заинтересовался. Но первые... Читать далее