Confessions of a Late Reader
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” ― Groucho Marx
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” ― Groucho Marx
Medieval authors consistently amaze with their apparent ability to remember everything. How did Boethius compose The Consolation of Philosophy from a prison cell? He fills his work with classical allusions and direct quotations all without his library, Wikipedia, or the internet. Boethius, while brilliant, is by no means an exception. Dante could reportedly recite the …